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Jules Verne's The Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea
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 and two other people were brought in that object that today known as submarine. Mr. Aronnax was a professor who worked in Paris Museum. He had lots of information about zoology and physics. Mr. Aronnax is a round character that in the beginning reader get to know him as a highly educated professor that knows everything. As the story goes on, readers become familiar more aspects of his character. Some features of Professor Aronnax’s characteristic are love of science, nationalism, curiosity, conservatism, patience, philanthropy and pacifism. Curiosity of the Professor is noticed …show more content…
He is initially introduced as “Ned Land was a Canadian with rare swiftness of hand who knew no equal in his perilous trade. He possessed the qualities of skill, coolness, daring, and cunning to a higher degree than most, and it was a willy whale or a singularly shrewd cachalot that could escape the thrust of his harpoon” (31). From the second they are brought to the submarine, he wants plans to flee. He sometimes wants to use violence to captivate the crew of the submarine in order to escape. The Professor, due to his personality, always prevent him from plans, till he realizes the Capitan does not give them the freedom from submarine. Among these three company, Ned has a different vision from sea creatures. He considers sea creatures as food and hunt them, but others have a scientific

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