Monday, June 1, 2009

Book responding: Two thousand leagues under the sea

After nearly four days reading, I finally finish the book Two thousand leagues under the sea. This book is written by Jules-Verne, a famous France writer.
It mainly tells a story about a ichthyologist who had received to hunt a monster in the ocean which had already destroyed several ships in the ocean. But when they came across the monster, they found that it was actually a submarine. By accident, the ichthyologist, his servant and a Canadian harpooner were trapped in the submarine. The submarine belonged to Captain Nemo who hated the world on the land very much and decided to get away from the outside world. He gave this three people full freedom in the submarine, but they could not go back to the ground forever. During the trip under the sea, the ichthyologist had seen the wonderful world under the world. He had seen many fish that he, as an ichthyologist, had never seen before. The trip under the sea was not always smooth. They had met many exciting experiences, like giant squid, savages and being trapped in the Antarctic lacking of air. Although the trip was wonderful, the desire for freedom was even stronger. They finally tried their best to escape from the submarine and got the freedom.
This is really a very good book. The trip that the writer describes is just like he has really seen it in his own eyes. Although there are many difficult adjectives, but I can still understand the main idea of the story. On one hand, I appreciated it that Captain Nemo has the chance to explore the undersea world that seldom have man reached, on the other hand he has abandoned the real world, it seems that his life is so boring. This is not very bearable for an ordinary man like me. So if you let choose, I will not be a man like him.

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