Jules Verne

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This paper discusses how that in "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," Jules Verne shows his characters on a journey in which they emerge more knowledgeable about the real world. The author also examines the differences between the two novels and Verne's other adventure novel, "Around the World in 80 Days." The paper also looks at the criticism that Jules Verne's science fiction received.

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"Jules Verne is often called "the father of science fiction." According to the Columbia Encyclopedia, Science Fiction is: a literary genre in which a background of science or pseudoscience is an integral part of the story. Although science fiction is a form of fantastic literature, many of the events recounted are within the realm of future possibility, e.g., robots, space travel, interplanetary war, invasions from outer space. Science Fiction is usually praised for its ability to predict the future. Jules Verne's novels show the ability of human beings to know the composition of the core of the earth, to travel below the sea to unheard-of depths, and, finally, the ease of world travel."

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