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Selena,

Thank  you for your post.  Please have a look at my first post, under teacher comments.  I listed a link that might help you as you read - use it as a resource, but be careful not to let it influence your writing too much!

Please make sure to label your post (if you view your post, click on the pencil to edit).  Once you're in your post, on the side there is a labels button.  Click on it and select the correct label.  Otherwise, you risk your entry being deleted.

~Ms. G

First Impression

Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by Jules Verne is about a person named captain Nemo, and the adventures he goes on with his crew and submarine Nautilus.
Overall, the first twenty pages were slightly good, parts were a bit slow moving and a bit too technical for me, a few questions about the story are kinda left unanswered still, but I have more too read about !
The first chapter opens up in the year 1866, kinda a weird year to start a book.. I was mostly confused to what was going on in the book and what was happening, Apparently an “unexplainable” and “strange” event had occurred … and everyone in Europe and America is talking about the event, strange starting to a book. When I kept reading The sea men, in particular, are disturbed. Throughout the summer of 1866, various ships report the sighting of a huge creature, rapidly moving and with blowholes.
The book seemed very adventurous but I still didn’t fully understand to what was going on.
Many incidents kept occurring and it was only the first twenty pages. I hope when I read more I will start putting the puzzle pieces together to what is going on in the book. I hope to start liking it more and more when I keep reading. Overall its alright, not the best 20 pages iv read but im still interested into whats going to happen in the future of the book.

20 Pages Under the Sea...

Hello Ladies,

I'm impressed that you've been able to read and post your journals so quickly, considering you've just changed your novel - good for you!

Amarachi, you made a good point about knowing more about the novel, the background/ context, in order to help you understand the story.  I have a suggestion...  it might be a good idea to look up some information on your novel, the context etc.. for example, I just did a search and found some great teacher/ student resources on bookrags: http://www.bookrags.com/Twenty_Thousand_Leagues_Under_the_Sea/

Please use this resource as a support system, not the basis of your analysis.  It's meant to help you understand and dig deeper into the novel, so that you can analyze it.  If you use too much of it, or quote it without proper citation, you'll be committing plagiarism.  Be careful!

Selena, you still have to post your journal,

P.S. See me about labels, your categories aren't showing up on the page, and there are some gadgets that need to be removed.  That tells me there are some setup steps you still need to complete.

~Ms. G

First Impressions- Ghazal (section 1)

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne is about Captain Nemo and the people he is with that go on an adventure under water in a submarine.

The first part of the 20 pages of this book was really complicated, I got all these facts thrown at me about the 1860’s and stuff that happened in July of 1866. All these facts were about things that have happened in or on the sea. Like, “20th of July, 1866, when five miles off the east coast of Australia, that the “Governor Higginson,” a ship of the Calcutta and Burnach Steam Navigation Company, had come upon this moving mass”.

Jules Verne names a lot of characters in the first 3 chapters but some are, Governor Higginson, Captain Baker, Commander Farragut, and Captain Nemo. But they did not get introduced well, so I have no idea what their characteristics are but I am sure they will be more involved later on.

The setting was mainly the sea area. They talked about in the sea where the ‘sea monster’ is and then outside of the sea.

I like reading fictional novels because it is usually adventurous and gets you to imagine and picture it all in your head. Although when I read so much facts and geographical phrases, I do get confused and try to keep track of what is happening but instead my mind wanders somewhere else.

First Impressions - Section 2 (Amarachi)

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.