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20 000 Leagues Under The Sea Analysis
A Critique on 20,000 Leagues The journey of a ship's crew taken hostage by an eccentric submarine captain, in a time when the cast-iron monster baffled the educated mind. "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" is a classic that combines the inventive mind of the author, Jules Verne, and modern technology to create a psuedo realistic world that paved the way for the steam punk genre. It entrances the human's unquenching desire for discovery at every turn. Although having a superb storyline, I find that at a few times the amount of scientific nomenclature bogs down the storyline with long monotonous passages. This has a few of its own advantages but often has its own drawbacks. One of the these advantages is that it allows the author to perhaps better express professor Aronax's mind in a more elaborate manner of showmanship. The story line seems to follow a trend of brand new discovery of an underwater world previously unknown, and then a long scientific name dissection discussion. He talks on, page after page, …show more content…
When you have such elegantly written work, it puts the reader constantly wanting more. But with the occasional wall, I found myself rather quickly skimming through to get back to the actual storyline while previous astonishments remained fresh. This ultimately creates several moments that the reader becomes disconnected from the book and often times misses out on juicy information sometimes embedded in the babbling. "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" is a book worthy of its classical status, although having a few kinks. It almost perfectly entwines reality with the scientific dreams of the author's own devising. His work continues on inspiring many generations with its unique syle and witty demeanor. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, as it pains me to have to dig some dirt up on it. The adventures of Professor Aronax and his friends will forever have a place among my

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