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    20‚000 Leagues Under the Sea By: Jules Verne Lindsey Mathias Mr. Martin Biology 1 Honors Due: Friday‚ December 18‚ 2009 Summary The novel begins with rumors about a large sea monster in the ocean waters destroying large vessels. The United States government sends the USS Abraham Lincoln to search out and destroy this monster. On board the USS Abraham Lincoln were famous French marine biologist Pierre Aronnax along with his sidekick‚ Conseil. Also‚ a harpooner‚ named

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    of this one? Suddenly‚ a large metal object plants itself beneath your feet. A porthole opens and men carry you inside the belly of the large iron beast floating nether you. What’s going to happen now? In Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea‚ this is exactly what main characters M. Aronmax‚ his servant Conseil‚ and Ned Land the harpooner‚ were thinking. After a hefty six-hour wait of being locked in a dark cell‚ the door opens. A man who introduces himself as Captain Nemo

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    20‚000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA by Jules Verne The news spread worldwide about a serpent-like creature. Supposedly‚ part of the whale family has been ramming ships and sinking them with ease. The large ship named the Abraham Lincoln was sent out to find and kill this beast. An attack of the monster left Professor Aronnax and his long time sidekick Conseil thrown overboard. Ned Land‚ master harpooner was thrown overboard as well. An iron-plated submarine saved their lives. When taken aboard

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    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

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    The book 20‚000 Leagues under the Sea written by Jules Verne was a science fiction novel of its time‚ originally published in 1870 in French‚ and later translated many different times. The copy of this book that I read was 418 pages long‚ published by The Floating Press and copyrighted by the same company in 2009. This book began with rumors of a large oceanic ‘beast’‚ hypothesised to be a ‘narwhal’ being seen by many different boats. Professor Pierre Aronnax‚ a French marine biologist‚ was given

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    Opposites are found everywhere in the world. Almost everything in the world is an opposite and this can be seen in people as well. In the novel 20‚000 leagues under the sea‚ by Julius Verne‚ Pierre Aronnax is a scientist and studies organisms. Then the news starts reporting about a monster and Arronnax wants to find out what it is. So‚ he boards a government ship called the Abraham Lincoln with Conciel‚ his assistant. While on the Abraham Lincoln‚ professional harpooner‚ Ned Land is also on the ship

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    000 Leagues Under the Sea Main Characters: Professor Pierre Aronnax-Assistant Professor in Museum of Natural History in Paris; narrator of his adventures on the Nautilus; frenchman Counseil- Monsieur Aronnax"’"s 30 year old servant‚ ’"’ a true‚ devoted Flemish boy’"’ who accompanied Arronax in all his travels Ned Land- Canadian harpooner about 40 years old who joined Aronnax and Counseil on the ’"’Abraham Lincoln’"’ in search of the mysterious marine monster threatening the seas

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    The book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is written by Jules Verne. This book like other books of Jules Verne‚ is a science fiction book which mentions invention that a head of their times. In this book the main character‚ Pierre Aronnax‚ narrates the story. In the time of this story‚ 19th century‚ there was an unknown object in the ocean that disturbed the ships and caused some of them sink. Mr. Aronnax companied with other peoples‚ were sent to identify this object. By an accident‚ Mr. Aronnax

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    Twenty Thousand leagues Under the SeaTwenty Thousand Years Later “The year 1866 was signalized by a remarkable incident‚ a mysterious and inexplicable phenomenon‚ which doubtless no one has yet forgotten” (1). This is the opening sentence in Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and as it draws you into this essay‚ it does so for his timeless novel right from the first line. He is believed to be one of the most skilled scientific and adventure writers of his time‚ and ours. Jules

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    general‚ novels consist of many different genres‚ such as adventure‚ science fiction‚ family‚ fantasy‚ and so on. In this paper‚ I will analyze a novel titled 20.000 Leagues Under the Sea. I analyze this novel because this novel has a genre of adventure‚ and I like everything related to an adventure‚ particularly an adventure under the sea. This novel tells about a very interesting story with brilliant characteristics in it. This novel is easy to understand because it uses word choice‚ description and

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