20 000 Leagues Under The Sea Essay

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, is a novel by Jules Verne, a famous French author and poet. Jules Verne has been one of the most influential authors on the genre of science fiction, writing stories that depicted ideas that people from his time found abstract and unusual. In his novel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne tells the story of a Frenchman named M. Pierre Aronnax, a famous marine biologist that has written many world renown books about the creatures of the deep sea. The story takes place in 1866 and begins with Aronnax describing a discovery that has become the news of the century. An unidentified sea creature has been roaming the waters of the world and has more recently come into contact with ships. These ships, to their surprise
As the commotion surrounding this creature begins to die down, the creature suddenly strikes another ship and then the U.S government declares that a group of sailors will be dispatched to kill this “monster”. Aronnax is invited to join the expedition prior to his return to France by the U.S Navy. Aronnax, out of ambition to discover what this creature may be, readily accepts the invitation. Before leaving, he asks his servant, Conseil, who is described by Aronnax as being the most faithful servant. Without doubt, Conseil stated he would join his master on this journey. The two would then embark on this journey on the USS Abraham Lincoln and are accompanied by a Canadian harpooner named Ned Land and a crew of U.S sailors. The journey takes them to the Pacific and is initially unsuccessful for they cannot find this creature until they arrive in the coast of Japan. Here, Ned spots a bright creature coming closer to the ship and the crew is then ordered to prepare to engage the unusual