I just recently read this book for a second time.

Focus on the story from beginning to end. You can go on for hours talking about "why being on the Nautty would be awesome" and the opposite, if Nemo was wrong, etc. Don't forget to compare it to modern works of literature or film.

Considering this vague suggestion is within your confines, good luck.

>>2594497
i really appreciate your response. i can help you help me by saying that i plan to discuss how jules verne uses the innovation of science fiction in order to provide greater depth to the novel. the elements of fantasy means that he can create characters and settings that are exclusive from real life, yet at the same time the (loose) basis of this fantasy in scientific fact provides realism and credibility. this fosters a unique and meaningful connection with the reader, which he uses to give commentary on the state of humanity at the turn of the century.

>mfw i can't believe i just wrote all that bullshit

the thing that i'm most worried about is the organization of my paper. i have no fucking clue how i can spread this shit over 15 pages. could you tell me how i could possibly form the paragraphs? like, for each paragraph should i pick and choose a few excerpts from the novel and then go on about how they are meaningful?

Well Verne is really focused on science in these works. I would talk about how these books are basically a dialogue with the science of the times - electricity to drive ships, marine biology etc. At this time there were no submarines like the nautilus but they did have these technologies. His infodumps might be tedious sometimes but Verne was really the first author to have a dialogue with real world science and use it in literature so it's kind of a big deal.
I'd get a good overview of the history of science and use it for this.

>>2594563
that's a really good point. i think i'll go into that a bit. for a paper like this do you think it would be feasible to explore a variety of ideas rather than a single aspect of the book? i can't see my self writing 15 pages any other way, but at the same time i think a paper that goes all over the place like that would seem a bit amateur.

history major btw so the fields of both science and literature are a bit new to me, at least when it comes to the srs bizness of college.

bamp

>that feel when i realize the embarrassment if my prof checks for plagarism by googling a few sentences of my paper and finds this thread

>>2595348
i mean in the google cache and shit

one more bump then i'm letting this thread die. thx for the two comments, /lit/bros, you are both very good human beings