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Situational Irony
Key Examples in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Part 1, Chapter 19: The Island of Vanikoro
Explanation and Analysis:
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is written in first person from the perspective of French Professor of Natural History Pierre Aronnax. Because Aronnax is the one narrating and he is focused much more on scientific discovery and exploration than on the dynamics between people (or even his position as a prisoner), the style is quite descriptive and straightforward. There are large swaths of the novel in which Aronnax simply describes the submarine’s location in exquisite detail, such as the following passage in Part 1, Chapter 19:
On the 25th of December the Nautilus sailed into the midst of the New Hebrides, discovered by Quiros in 1606, and that Bougainville explored in 1768, and to which Cook gave its present name in 1773. This group is composed principally of nine large islands, that form a band of 120 leagues N.N.S. to S.S.W., between 15° and 2° S. lat., and 164 deg. and 168° long.
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Part 1, Chapter 24: The Realm of Coral
Explanation and Analysis:
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is written in first person from the perspective of French Professor of Natural History Pierre Aronnax. Because Aronnax is the one narrating and he is focused much more on scientific discovery and exploration than on the dynamics between people (or even his position as a prisoner), the style is quite descriptive and straightforward. There are large swaths of the novel in which Aronnax simply describes the submarine’s location in exquisite detail, such as the following passage in Part 1, Chapter 19:
Unlock with LitCharts A+On the 25th of December the Nautilus sailed into the midst of the New Hebrides, discovered by Quiros in 1606, and that Bougainville explored in 1768, and to which Cook gave its present name in 1773. This group is composed principally of nine large islands, that form a band of 120 leagues N.N.S. to S.S.W., between 15° and 2° S. lat., and 164 deg. and 168° long.
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