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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Grade 6 Review
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is one of the great classics I have read. It was about a
man named Captain Nemo who lived in the 1800's. He invented the first submarine in the
world. Since now one had ever heard of a submarine people thought it was a sea monster.
They also thought that because Captain Nemo wanted piece. So the people that thought that
it was a sea monster tried to kill it, but since it was really a submarine it could plow
right through the war ships, and they sunk. Then three men one a professor were on one of
the ships that sunk, but they escaped on a life boat and that is when they got on the
submarine.
The three men came on the submarine when Captain Nemo and the rest of the crew were
outside on the ocean floor looking for supplies. The three men split up looking at the
submarine not nowing that people including Captain Nemo were going to be on board soon and
catch them. The professor got to the main salon, and there was a big window looking out to
the clear ocean floor. The Professor walked up to the window and looked out. Then he saw
men on the bottom of the ocean in weird looking suits walking back to the submarine. Then
the men saw the Professor looking out the window. The men rushed back to the submarine
going to try to catch the three men on Captain Nemo's submarine. Captain Nemo caught them
and sentenced them to a lifetime on board the submarine, and they had some adventure!
It is a great book full of adventures and journeys that take you places that you would
never dream of. For people that love adventure and exciting books than 20,000 Leagues
Under the Sea is for you!
Grade 7 Review
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a very interesting and challenging book to read. It is
also a very well written book by Jules Verne. The book is for a good reader since it is so
challenging.
The book starts off with Mr. Aronnax who narrates the story. The time period is 1800's.
Mr. Aronnax receives a letter that invites him to go on the Abraham Lincoln , which is a
ship. Their quest to find what most people call a shifting reef. The reef turns out to be
the Nautilus. After days and days of searching the Abraham Lincoln is thinking about
turning back. When they start to turn back, Ned Land spots a fish like creature surfacing
to get air. Ned is a very skilled harpooner and fires his harpoon. Ned missed and the fish
like creature rammed the side of the Abraham Lincoln Ned Land, Mr. Aronnax, and one of the
ships slaves fall off the side of the boat. A few hours later the ship was out of sight
and Mr. Aronnax, the slave, and Ned Land were out to sea. Towards night fall the stranded
men were taken aboard the Nautilus. Mr. Aronnax made friends with the Captain. Captain
Nemo quickly filled the men in about important information about the Nautilus. The men
were each assigned a cabin to stay in. The first important thing that happened on the
Nautilus was when Mr. Aronnax, Ned Land and the slave were all invited to go fishing with
the Nautilus' crew. Ned Land walked around on the floor of the sea amazed at the different
kinds off fish. The fisherman were only to fire when the Captain told them to. Ned Land
fired his gun at a shark. Ned missed and killed a crew member. They finished their hunting
and went back to the ship. Ned was yelled at and and he was not issued a punishment. The
next important event was the sea of milk. The sea of milk is a very interesting part of
the book. The Nautilus was in the middle of the ocean. When they came up to surface Mr.
Aronnax notice that the ocean turned to a sea of milk. This part of the book was very
interesting to read since it was written very well.
A part of the book that I didn't like was when Mr. Aronnax was put in confinement for
going into Captains Nemo's cabin and looking through his personal and sendemental values.
The reason I did not like this part of the book was because Mr. Aronnax only went through
the Captains belongings. Ned Land killed a crew member and was not punished for it. My two
favorite parts of the book were when the Nautilus was attacked by a giant squid. The squid
part was interesting because after this indicated that the ship would go down hill from
then on. The squid attacked the ship unexpectedly when the crew was on top of the ship
when it happened. The squid grabbed Ned first and Mr. Aronnax swung at the squid with an
ax. The struggle took place for about six minutes. This part of the book was well written.
I really enjoyed this book since it was very well written and kept my attention through
the hole time I was reading it. I hope you will enjoy this book too.
Grade 6 Review
20,000 Leagues Under the sea is a great classic. It is written by Jules Verne one of my
favorite authors. This story takes place in 1866. This book is full of adventures. The
story is about a so called sea monster that has been destroying ships. The main characters
are Professor Pierre Aronnax is a professor in the museum in Paris of Natural History. Ned
land is a Canadian harpooner Conseil is Professor Pierre Aronnax's servant.
The book starts looking for a monster thy call a narwhal or unicorn of the sea which
had damaged and sunk many great ships. The main characters set sail on the Abraham Lincoln
commanded by commander Farkragut to track down the creature. They encountered the narwhal
and fired on it but nothing happened. Cannon balls and harpoons had no effect. In the
course of the encounter the Professor was thrown overboard with his servant Conseil and
the Canadian harpooner Ned Land. They were picked up by the creature that turned out to be
a submarine commanded by Caption Nemo. The Nautilus gets it's electricity from sea water
that is transformed into fuel. Captain Nemo was very rich. He designed the Nautilus and
had the parts of it built in various parts of the world. He did this so nobody would get
suspicious that he was building a big ship. He then put it together on an island and
destroyed the construction place afterwards. He furnished it comfortably and had many
works of art. The book is full of adventures. For instance, they were invited by Caption
Nemo to go hunting in the forests of the island of Crespo. However, it turned out that
this was an underwater forest! They put on heavy diving suits and went out on the ocean
floor. They saw all sorts of creatures, including non-eating sharks. The author describes
this all in great detail. This was all new to the new passengers that have recently come
on board the Nautilus and could never believe that this submarine has been unnoticed for
so long. This is a great book to read. It is filled with adventures and suspense. I
recommend this book 100%.
Grade 6 Review
I would recommend this book,20,000 Leagues Under The Sea because it was such an
adventurous story. The action was never ending, in all I counted sixteen main adventures
including... A strange mysterious object, people taken as prisoners, and an octopus
attack, there were many more but to many to list! This book was pretty easy to understand
so people of all ages can enjoy it, I strongly suggest you read this book.
Grade 7 Review
A classic novel that I read this year was 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne.
This was a very exciting novel of a journey under the ocean in a giant submarine vessel
the Nautilis. Captain Nemo is a very determined man and the one in charge on the ship. He
captures three prisoners who were in chase of the vessel. The adventures that they have on
their 20,000 league voyage are what make this one of the greatest science fiction stories
ever. Verne wrote a master piece of a story. Written in the 1800's Verne was able to
predict the future of underwater vessels that could travel at high speeds over great
distances. I would highly recommend reading this great novel that's filled with action and
suspense.
Grade 7 Review
This was a great classic it wasn't my favorite classic because there was to much
detail. It was a great journey under the sea. The NAUTILIS was a very amazing submarine.
Captin Nemo was a very weird character.I was amazed that all the food, power, and energy
came from the ocean. There was a lot of suspense when they were stuck under the ice in the
south pole. I thought that they were going to get killed under the ice. The best part of
the book was when they were in the whirl pool and they thought they were going to die.
Grade 6 Review
A classic I would recommend is Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea . I would highly
recommend this book because it is action and adventure packed. The book is about a doctor
who is trying to find what a so called "sea monster" is, that has sunk many
ships, but it is not an animal. It is really a submarine commanded by Captain Nemo. The
book moves along smoothly and in some parts it is fasted paced and in others slow paced.
If you like books with action and adventure in it you would absolutely love this book.
That is why I really recommend Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea.
Grade 6 Review
I have read a lot of different books this year. I have read classics to but 20,000
Leagues Under The Sea is on of the best I have read. It begins when a ship out in search
of a leagued dairy animal called the narwhale but the fish actually turns out to be a
submarine built in the shape of a fish. Only three men find this out. They are Professor
Aronnax, Ned Land, and the professors servant, Conseil. The men are then taken prisoner by
the brilliant, warped Captain Nemo. Then begins the best sea exploration known to man. The
Nautilus, which is the submarine, begins its first mission which is to travel around the
world. The Captain intends this to be the first of many missions his submarine will take.
You might be thinking to yourself that this is boring but you are in for one heck of a
surprise. The main plot of this story is the Nautilus and its journey around the world and
with it is lots of adventure and exploration.
From going hunting on the ocean floor to standing on the ruins of the city of Atlantis
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is recommend to anyone who likes adventure, sea exploration,
and a lot of action. If you like these then this book is the right book for you.
