20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Discussion Questions, Summaries of English Literature

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Retold from the Jules Verne

original by Lisa Church

Illustrated by Dan Andreasen

20,000 Leagues

Under the Sea

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What Do You Think?

Questions for Discussion

H ave you ever been around a toddler who keeps asking the question “Why?” Does your teacher call on you in class with questions from your homework? Do your parents ask you ques- tions about your day at the dinner table? We are always surrounded by questions that need a spe- cific response. But is it possible to have a question with no right answer? The following questions are about the book you just read. But this is not a quiz! They are designed to help you look at the people, places,

4. How do you think Captain Nemo has changed as a result of living underwater for so long? What kind of man do you suppose he was before creating the Nautilus? Have you ever known anyone like Captain Nemo?
5. On one of their many adventures, Captain Nemo takes Professor Aronnax to see Atlantis. Do you believe this city actually exists? What do you suppose we would see if we actually found it?
6. Arronax is torn between gaining his freedom and leaving the Nautilus. Why does he make the choice he does? What would you have done in his position?
7. Why do you think Captain Nemo is so eager to discover the South Pole? Have you ever discov- ered anything yourself?
8. Do you think Captain Nemo is a hero or a villain? Why?
9. When Aronnax is called in to look at one of the men’s wounds, he hesitates to tell Captain

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Nemo that the man is dying. Have you ever had to deliver bad news? How did you do it?

10. Many of the tools that Verne writes about had not yet been invented when the book was written. If you were writing a similar book today, what would you invent?