Yuening Li
1st Period
December 17, 2013
Around the World in
80 Days
Around
the World in 80 Days was written by Jules Verne, and was first published in 1873.
It’s a book about a nobleman called Phileas Fogg, who won bets, was rich, and
traveled around the world in 80 days. He and Passepartout, a French nobleman,
traveled together to experience the world and got a lady named Aouda. The theme
of this book is that Fogg was anxious of running behind in his schedule and
encountered Fix, an inspector that attempted to arrest him.
This
story talks about Fogg’s plan for his bet, the conditions while travelling, using
spare time for other purposes, his experience throughout the trip, and dealing
with Fix without any delay. The point of view is third person omniscient
because the narrator could tell everybody’s emotions, thoughts, and conditions.
The story started when Fogg made a bet to see if he traveled 80 days around the
world. He used choices while travelling, such as rescuing Aouda, a lady from
India, take a boat to Shanghai to reach Yokohama, and controlled a boat to
Liverpool. He made track of his schedule to catch up to his plan and helped
himself and Passepartout from getting delayed by the arrest warrant. After lots
of burden and choice-making, Fogg, Passepartout, and Aouda made it on time.
Fogg had won the bet and felt relieved. The intended audience is all ages. The
genre is adventure; the book fits into this genre by having Fogg’s experiences
and ideas mentioned. The author kept me interested and laughing with lots of
characters’ humors, like Passepartout’s exaggeration, and I wanted to find out
the result of Fogg’s choices and drastic changes outside of him. This is
effective to the intended audience because it gives information about places
and people around the world and had people interested to go to some of these
places mentioned.
This
story reminds me to be wise while making choices like Aouda’s rescue, even if
Fogg had some spare time. It also reminds me of “Where in the World Is Carmen
Sandiego?”, which is an awesome show and computer game is.
The
book made me feel excited because there’s tough conditions and I hoped Fogg
would reach destinations on time. Overall, this is a fun story. I really like
Fogg’s experience because there are plenty of good information of places and his
plans to pass difficult places as quick as he can. I never felt bored but felt
confident while reading this book.
Yuening Li
12/17/13
RATING: **** 4/5
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