1. Introduction
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is about the adventures of Captain Nemo, his
crew, and his quests/captives on board the submarine, Nautilus. Ships of war
keep getting attacked and sunk. The survivors believe it to be a large whale. A
harpoon ship gets sent out to track it down and kill it, but finds out that the
whale is actually the Nautilus.
During a confrontation with the harpoon ship, The Abraham Lincoln, and the
Nautilus Mr. Aronnax, Conseil, and Ned Land were thrown from the Abraham
Lincoln and ended up being recovered by the crew of the Nautilus. Captain
Nemo knew of and respected Mr. Aronnax for his studies of marine life. Nemo
allowed them to stay on the Nautilus as quests, but vowed that they would
never again return to their normal lives.
Favourite incident…….
My favorite part would be when Captain Nemo took the Nautilus to the south
pole. Once verifying that they were indeed at the pole, and the first humans
ever to be there, they turned to leave. On their way out from under the ice cap
they got pinned between the cap and an iceberg that rolled over and came up
from beneath them. With their limited supply of air to breath they worked
relentlessly to free themselves.
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One thing that I found to be a little annoying was it tended to go into great
detail about ever little animal or plant they came across while in their travels.
This made several parts of the book very drawn out and a little tedious to read.
However, overall it was a wonderful read that I would highly recommend it to
anyone. Especially anyone who appreciates a good adventure.