Jules Verne Rough Draft

Jake Mills

Mrs. Dwyer

English 11

March 6, 2016

Jules Verne Rough draft Before Jules Verne dove 20,000 leagues under the sea, or went around the world in 80 days. Before he captivated people with his stories or became the father of science fiction. Jules Verne was a nobody in the literary world.Jules Verne, today, is the second most translated author in the world. He is also considered to be the father of science fiction. Jules Verne grew up in France in the 1830s. He lived in a port city; he was fascinated by the stories told by sailors after a voyage. This led him to have a wild imagination, one that he put to good use. In his writing years he had made friends with scientists. He asked them questions and would add the answers to his books.

His book Twenty thousand leagues under the sea, besides being popular with any age group, was made into a movie by Disney. Despite his father's’ wishes of becoming a lawyer, Jules Verne has become one of the most known authors of his time, becoming the second most translated author in the world and being known as the father of science fiction. Jules Gabriel Verne was born February 8, 1828 in Nantes, France. As previously stated he lived by a busy port. This resulted in him hearing the tales of the sailors who had just come back from a long voyage. These tales of the sea sparked his imagination. When Jules Verne was in boarding school he built on his imagination and started writing poems and short stories. After boarding school his father sent him to a law school to follow in his footsteps. While at law school he continued to write poems and stories but started writing plays as well. Jules Verne met a friend who encouraged him to write plays, his friend was Alexandre Dumas, author of The Three Musketeers (Biography.com). Eventually he stopped law altogether much to his father's displeasure and wrote plays full time. He also became a stockbroker to support himself. Verne's first play was The Companions of

The book captures its readers with its creativity and the great central characters. It accurately depicts a submarine before man even thought about building one. It's captain, Captain Nemo, is a very interesting character. He takes Monsieur Aronnax, the main character and two of his companions as prisoners. The three of them were part of a voyage to discover the sea beast that was sinking ships. The Nautilus was in fact the culprit of the sinkings. When they first speak to nemo he explains their options. They could stay or die (Mickel 158). If they stayed they would “renounce forever seeing your country,friends, and relations” (Mickel 158). From there they begrudgingly accept the offer, even then they still look for ways to escape. Aronnax during his time on the submarine keeps a log of day to day events. Aronnax is a professor at the museum of natural history, his servant Conseil is his underling. They were tasked with documenting the sea monster. While on the boat before it sank and landed them where they currently were they met Ned Land. Ned Land is an American harpooner who is the muscle of the group. He is more hot headed in situations where Professor aronnax is more civilized and calm. After some time on the Nautilus the three become comfortable with the crew. Professor Aronnax becomes obsessed with labeling all of the sea life and depths of the ocean. He spends most of his time at