20, 000 Leagues Under The Sea

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a novel by French author Jules Verne which is about perils, adventures, and discoveries of a fictitious submarine voyage in the first person narrative. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea was published in 1870 as apart of Verne's Voyages Extraordinaires serialization, which included up to fifty-four novels. Many well known Verne novels are included in this serialization, such as: Journey to the Center of the Earth, Around the World in 80 Days, and From the Earth to the Moon. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a well researched book and describes a very accurate depiction of how a submarine could work during a time when submarine technology was still taking baby steps. The thesis statement of this paper goes as followed: Captain Nemo's decent into madness is not only characterized by the lose of his crew but also the moral regret brought on by the killing of entire crews of ships.

The story follows the 20,000 league, underwater voyage of Pierre Aronnax, the view of which the story is written, his servant Conseil, and harpooner Ned Land aboard Captain Nemo's Nautilus. Their journey takes them to many locations of

Two changes are evident after separate events of crew death. As with any man who has worked closely with another who is dead or dying, Captain Nemo experienced sorrow and grief, which he only displayed in private. The biggest change would be his reaction to attacking and sinking a ship. He showed anger, vengeance, a fighting spirit before and during the attack. After said sinking is where Captain Nemo felt regret, massive sorrow for the killing of over a hundred men, and a troubled conscience. Delusions might have come over him near the end as he was exhibiting odd behavior. In the midst of Nemo’s breakdown, the Nautilus was cast into a Maelstrom and presumably destroyed due to Nemo’s