20.000 Leagues under the sea.

20000 leagues under the sea.

A sea monster has launched all alarms, and finally an expedition is organized to capture, which include the famous professor of Natural History Pierre Aronnax, his assistant Conseil and the Canadian harpooner expert Ned Land, aboard the American frigate Abraham Lincoln. The monster turns out to be an amazing submarine under the command of Captain Nemo, and the fact that it must maintain secrecy poses a serious problem to the captain as to the release of the three main characters. Captain Nemo, the tormented wise and disabused of the human race, in which converge the libertarian individualism and an exacerbated sense of justice, has undoubtedly become one of the paradigms of the novel of adventure and his presence and enough to justify the place of honor that occupies Twenty thousand leagues Under the Sea on gender. And yet it contains many other inducements: emotion, knowledge, suspense, memorable characters, unexpected sets ... One of the highlights of the adventure novel and the subsequent narrative inexhaustible source of anticipation.

What is about.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a work narrated in first person by the French professor Pierre Aronnax, a noted biologist who is taken prisoner by Captain Nemo and is driven by the oceans aboard the submarine Nautilus, accompanied by his servant Conseil and Canadian harpooner Ned Land.

The story begins with an expedition aboard a ship of the US Navy: Abraham Lincoln, under Admiral Farragut, which seeks to hunt down a strange cetacean, with a long, sharp horn on the snout (then demonstrated that the animal is a narwhal), which had caused damage to several boats. During the expedition, the protagonists are thrown overboard the ship as a result of an onslaught of animal. Professor Aronnax and his companion Conseil are rescued by the Canadian harpooner Ned Land, and all three make it to swim to safety. Once safe, they find they are not really an island, but on a metal structure: a submarine afloat into which access by a gate, led by eight masked.

Inside the mysterious artifact known Captain Nemo, miserable and brilliant character with a dark past and of great scientific and artistic skills. This shows them all over the ship, the Nautilus, and gives remarkable explanations of their engineering. The captain informs them that, having known their existence, can not let them return to the surface.

Throughout the trip, they are revealed many secrets, and run through various locations, including the mythical Atlantis, the islands of Polynesia, the Red Sea, the shores of the Far East, the Mediterranean, etc. mentioned Through his character Aronnax, Jules Verne points out several possible inventions: diving scuba gear, electric bullets rifles, machines to produce breathable air, etc.

A very interesting feature that makes the novel is the detailed description of the underwater landscapes that are visited, as well as the almost encyclopedic description of a myriad of marine life.

a detailed description of the perceptions and intentions of the characters throughout history is also given. It is clear, for example, the harpooner Ned Land that favors escape.

After a long defeat and after several developments relating to life aboard the Nautilus, during which he is chased and attacked several times by warships, Captain Nemo, prey to severe depression, isolated from their ' guests ".

In the final chapters, the isolated prisoners decide to escape for good. This escape attempt coincides with moments of great turmoil in the ship during which you hear the crew repeated the word maelstrom. Escape takes place in a forced manner, and lose consciousness for him. In the end, they are safely off the coast of Norway, where they are rescued.