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20,000 Leagues under the Sea

Recently I have read a novel named 20,000 Leagues under the Sea. It is the French famous science fiction writer Jules Verne's masterpiece written in 1870. 20,000 Leagues under the Sea is the second part of Verne's trilogy. And the first part is Captain Grant's Children, the third is Mystical Island. Jules Verne was born in the Port of Nantes in western France. His father was a highly successful lawyer, and he hoped Verne become a lawyer as him all the time. But Verne loved ocean from childhood, longing for V oyage adventure. When 11 years old, he volunteered as a trainee to voyage India, but finally he was taken home by his family. Thanks to this event, Verne was savagely beat up by his father, lying in bed w ith tears assurance: “In the future, I'll ensure that I’ll only fantasy traveling in bed.”Perhaps because of this childhood experience, it promotes Jules Verne to surf in the fantasies all his lifetime, and helps Verne to create so many well-known science fiction works. 20,000 Leagues under the Sea’s author Verne,whose surprises are not only that he can write exaggerated, moving and full of scientific significance of the novel, but also the stories in his book are also amazing. Although the stories in the twenty-first century are not surprising, in

Verne's era people could not invent a submarine that can travel under sea. What’s more, the electric lamps didn’t appear. In this context, Jules Verne in 20,000 Leagues under the Sea shapes submarine named Nautilus successfully. And the novel published 25 years later, people makes a real submarine, which is similar to the submarine in the novel. It is a kind of foresight, so we can think that the works of Jules Verne's fantasies are bases of science. In addition, many science fictions described in his works have been achieved today. More importantly, he works written in a bold fantasy, and realistic, vivid way make readers fun. Further more, breathtaking plots are twists and turns of his works; the characters are vivid, outcomes are unexpected. All of these make his works have a timeless charm.

This work narrates the story about French biology scholar Pierre Aronnax travelling under the deep sea. The story occurred in 1866. At that time, many ships are attacked by something dark and mysterious monster. Some people conclude that it may be a narwhal attacking the ships. Within a few months, merchants are suffering loss because it was nearly impossible to transport goods. While all this happens, Pierre Aronnax is invited by the President of the United Stated to join the hunt. He takes his servant, Conseil, boarding the ship. The ship’s commander named Farragut and the harpooner called Ned Land travelling together are both friendly to Aronnax. In the process of hunting the monster,