Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, is mainly about
the adventures of Captain Nemo and his crew on the submarine, Nautilus.
The book opens with some very appealing lines. “The year
of grace 1866 was made memorable by a marvelous event which doubtless still
lingers in men’s minds. No explanation for this strange occurrence was found,
and it soon came to be generally regarded as inexplicable” (Verne 1). I found
these words appealing because I was a great way of opening the book and making
me want to continue on reading more. As I kept reading there were many people
being talked about, but I wasn’t sure on whether they would be considered main
characters or not. Some people mentioned were Governor Higginson, Captain
Baker, Commander Farragut, and Captain Nemo.
As I continued reading throughout the book, it began to
get a bit confusing. I couldn’t figure out exactly what was going on because
felt that there were many random facts in almost every other line. “A fortnight
later, two thousand leagues farther off, two steamers signaled the presence of
the monster in 42 degrees 35’ north latitude and 60 degrees 35’ west longitude”
(Verne 2). I hope that throughout the book that these “random facts” start to
make a little more sense to me, as the adventure continues.
The book doesn’t
exactly have a main setting, but many of the places the characters talk about,
happen under water or at sea.
I like how the main issue in the book, is figuring out
what exactly the creature is under the sea. It really grabs my attention and
makes me want to continue reading further. I don’t like how many things
happening in the book don’t make sense. It would be a great book for people who
love geography and know a little bit more of background information, before
reading the book.
The book gets may attention in many parts, but it does get
quite boring in some parts of the book. This book does take place around 1866,
so many of the things they talk about happened a long time ago, and I am not as
much so familiar with them. But it does help me learn a lot about what happened
in the past and it is pretty cool.
So far the book is pretty decent, and I hope that is continues
to as adventurous as I am hoping and that the texts start putting it together.
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