2. For and against: There are two opinions about this monster. One group thinks it is a monster with infinite power, and the other group thinks it is a powerful "underwater ship". I (Arona Cox, a professor at the French Museum of Natural History) think that the monster is a "narwhal" with amazing power. The US Admiralty has organized a fast destroyer named abraham lincoln to get rid of this monster.
Suit yourself. My servant Conseil said without thinking, "Suit yourself." With me on the destroyer with farragut as the captain. The destroyer set sail from Brooklyn pier and headed for the Atlantic Ocean at full speed.
Ned Rand: The captain and all the sailors are as close as an enemy, determined to catch the narwhal. Only Canadian whaler Ned Rand doubted the existence of narwhals.
Welcome to the adventure: this ship is sailing in the Pacific Ocean. Everyone opened their eyes wide and tried to observe the sea. After three months, the sailors began to lose confidence and began to doubt the meaning of their search. Six months later, the sailors asked to return. The captain finally promised to search for three days, and if there was no result after three days, they would go back. At the last moment of the prescribed time limit, Ned Rand, who has always been indifferent, suddenly shouted.
Full speed ahead: Lincoln tried to catch the narwhal, but the narwhal played hide-and-seek with Lincoln as if nothing had happened. After a day of chasing, the two sides confronted each other the next night. When Lincoln attacked the narwhal, the narwhal suddenly extinguished the lightning and sprayed water on Lincoln. Lincoln suffered a disaster.
7. Whale of unknown species: I was thrown into the sea and lived alone with Conseil. Just when I was exhausted and about to sink to the bottom of the sea, Ned Rand, hiding on the back of the narwhal, pulled out of the water. Ned said the monster was not a whale, but steel. Only then did I conclude that it was a submarine. We struggled on the top of the boat. At dawn, the ship's cover was lifted and eight strong men came out.
Eight, moving: the three of us were locked in a dark room. Half an hour later, suddenly our eyes lit up and two people came in. We introduced ourselves in French, English, German and Latin, but the other party didn't respond. They left, the waiter brought food, and we fell asleep after eating.
Ned Rand's Anger: Submarines surfaced for fresh air. Three people are still locked in an iron house. Ned was furious. He tried to escape and catch the boat. A waiter came in and knocked him down and strangled him. At this moment, a French-speaking man appeared.
Seaman: French is spoken by Captain Nemo (meaning "non-existent person") on this submarine Nautilus. He said that he kept silent for the first time to get to know us. In fact, he knows all four languages. He told us to obey his orders or he would kill us. Captain Nemo said that their food and clothing came from the ocean, and he loved the ocean, where there was no struggle, no killing and no dictatorship.
Eleven,? Nautilus: Captain Nemo showed us around the library, which contained 12,000 books about Nautilus, gave me cigars made of kelp, looked at the specimens he collected, and saw the elegant room he prepared for me and the humble room he lived in.
Twelve,? Everything uses electricity: Captain Nemo introduced us to the use of various instruments in the room, how to mine seabed minerals, how to generate electricity and how to provide air, and introduced the use of a small boat and showed me around the kitchen.
Thirteen,? Several numbers: Captain Nemo introduced me to the submarine's general situation, structure, power, lighting, construction process and so on.
Fourteen,? Kuroshio: submarine adventure officially begins. The submarine crossed the black current at a depth of 50 meters below the sea surface. My two companions and I like to watch beautiful, lively and lovely fish.
Fifteen,? Invitation: Captain Nemo gave me an invitation to go hunting in the undersea forest.
Sixteen? Walking along the submarine plain: Conseil and I put on waterproof clothes and walked along the submarine plain with Captain Nemo to enjoy the wonders of the sea.
Seventeen? Underwater forest: We came to the underwater forest, carefully observed the underwater creatures, and slept at the bottom of the sea for several hours. We came to the submarine cliff of Crespo Island, met a huge sea spider, bumped into an otter and escaped the attack of the horn shark.
Eighteen? Four kilometers under the Pacific Ocean: The submarine crossing the Pacific Ocean is an eye-opener. One day, it was shocking to see a sunken ship.
Nineteen,? Vanikoro Islands: Captain Nemo uncovered the truth about the disappearance of two French exploration ships at the end of18th century from the ocean monument in Vanikoro Islands.
Twenty? Torres Strait: The submarine went to the Indian Ocean via the most dangerous channel on earth and ran aground on the rocks. With the captain's consent, my two companions and I went to Gepolo Island by boat.
Twenty one? A few days on land: I went to the island with two partners to pick wild fruits and hunt, and caught a bird of paradise intoxicated by cardamom juice.
Twenty-two Captain Nemo's Lightning: The indigenous Papuans found us, chased us to the beach, and then surrounded the Nautilus in a canoe in an attempt to attack us. Captain Nemo electrified the hull, and the natives were scared out of their wits and retreated. The Nautilus was lifted up by the rising tide and left the coral stone bed at exactly the same time as the captain expected.
Twenty-three forced sleep: submarines sail in the Indian Ocean. Captain Nemo measured the seawater temperature at different depths and found that the seawater below 1000 meters was constant temperature. We witnessed an interesting scene: the phosphorescence on the sea surface shines like sunlight, which was originally caused by the light from some small jellyfish balls. One day, Captain Nemo suddenly ordered us to be locked up and forced us to sleep.
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Creation background
The brutal suppression of the Polish people's uprising against the czar's dictatorship was the trigger for Verne's creation of Two Wan Li under the Sea. In his novels, he created Captain Nemo, a tall figure who opposed the autocratic rule of the czar, and endowed him with a strong sense of social responsibility and humanitarian spirit to express his criticism of reality.
At the beginning of writing the novel, Verne and publisher hessel argued about the character of Nemo, the captain of the Nautilus. Hessel thought that Nemo should be described as the mortal enemy of the slave trade, which provided a clear and ideal defense for his ruthless attack on some ships at sea.
But Verne hoped that Nemo was a Polish, and he would never forgive his hatred for the Russian czar (he brutally suppressed a Polish uprising).
However, hessel was worried that he would cause diplomatic differences, and this book was banned in the lucrative Russian market. Finally, the author and publisher gradually compromised with each other. They think that Nemo's real motivation should be ambiguous to be attractive, and Nemo should be roughly positioned as a supporter of freedom and an avenger against oppression. In Mysterious Island, he was declared as the Prince of Dhaka, India.
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