20 000 Leagues Under The Sea Summary

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne is story about cooperation. The main characters include, Professor Annorax, Conseil, and Ned Seal (a canadian harpooner). The sum of this book takes place underwater as the group sets eyes on incredulous deep ocean wonders. They drift pass heart-stopping coral reefs, countless species of fish, and even encounter some terrifying creatures along the way. The problem is introduced when the group is held captive on a ship way ahead of time, at least for the 1880's.

The next item we shall discuss is characters. All these characters are fascinating in their own unique way. Starting with Professor Annorax, Annorax as he mainly goes by in the story is actually the narrator who is about 40 years
old. Annorax is genius for his time when it comes to the exploration of deep ocean wonders. To his personal life, he was never married and had no children and decided to live in Paris accompanied by his servant Conseil. Next we have Conseil, Conseil is a 30 year old man who serves as a servant to Conseil. Conseil follows Arronax and all of his voyages always there if he asks help. He knows little of science, but when it comes to serving Aronnax he is always there to serve. In addition, we have Ned Land. Ned Land is a canadian who known for his great talent in harpooning, and is often referred to "The King of Harpooners." As you could imagine, Ned is enlarged with muscle, but is quit unless messed with. Lastly we have Captain Nemo, Captain Nemo is scientific genius! He is the developer of the Nautilus which is a submarine loaded with advanced machinery ahead of its time. Though he is smart, is a little bit emotionally unstable. He is often moved to tears, but is easily angered.

To further discuss the story, the characters are put on a ship entitled the USS Abraham Lincoln.
This ship is given the task to pinpoint and take town an gargantua beast swimming in the oceans around the world. Professor Annorax is led to believe that the beast is a monumental narwhal. While searching, they set eyes on the beast. It's huge mass appeared 5 times larger then their ship. And soon it charged, bursting through the hull of the ship before he knew it he was blown overboard. Jumping in after him was Conseil. They sat there in desperate need of strength, then out of the mist came Ned on top of the beast. For a second Annorax was lost in a world of confusion. It was then he was asked to board this mysterious object. When he boarded Annorax met a man by the name of Captain Nemo, he greeted them by placing them into a cell. For all he knew, this was not going to be a pleasant experience. The next day they were let out of their "Cage," and were told that they were to spend their lives on the nautilus for eternity. Annorax hated this at first but weirdly kinda enjoyed it. He would sit and stare at the technological advancements this submarine beheld. He would constantly sit and stare out the window and he wrote notes about this large chapter in his life. One day the Ned decided it was time to go, he convinced the group and the decided the time. While the plan was about to start the ship stopped! Did Captain find out! Annorax repeated this thought throughout his mind.

My final opinon about this book is that unique and captivates you in an instant. Now to revisit the theme, I think this book is a story off cooperation becuase the group was striving to create an escape plan. They had to work together to try and stay strong becasue being away from their families so long is hard. This is shown in the story when the group attempts to make an escape plan from the
Nautilus.