Model 2 Literature Unit 4 Around the World in Eighty Days New Century Senior English Book V

About the Author Jules Verne ( ), French writer and pioneer of science fiction, whose best known works today are Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea(1870) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). Because of the popularity of these and other novels, Jules Verne became a very rich man. In 1876, he bought a large yacht and sailed around Europe. His last novel The Invasion of the Sea appeared in 1905.

Relevant information Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne is a novel about the adventures of Phileas Fogg and his servant Passerpartout. One day while Phileas Fogg is with some friends, he reads in a newspaper that it is possible to travel around the world in eighty days. No one believes this is true, except Phileas. Then Phileas bets them that he could make the journey in eighty or under days, and then leaves along with his servant immediately.

Relevant information The thing Jules Verne concentrates most on during Around the World in Eighty Days is how precise Phileas Fogg is. In the beginning, Mr. Fogg fires his servant because the water he brought him to shave in was four degrees of the correct temperature. I thought this was quite comic. When Mr. Fogg hires Passerpartout, he instructs him exactly when to prepare breakfast, exactly how hot his water should be and many other silly things. When Phileas is talking to his friends after making his bet he told them exactly when he would return and exactly where he would be.

Relevant information One thing about Around the World in Eighty Days, is this entire notion of taking eighty days to travel around the world. When Jules Verne wrote this book, he probably had no idea about how much the world would advance. Today, with the technology we have, we can physically travel around the world in about a day. But also today, we have the power to travel around the world in about eight seconds with computers. Relative links:

Narrator: Mr Fogg …a bet in a London club --- if he…, he would…. Having made …, Mr Fogg…with Pasepartout right away on October 2, If he…by 8:45p.m.,on Dec. 21, the 20,000 pounds would… During …they experienced …. Eventually, Mr Fogg returned to …,with… In Liverpool, …was followed by….,who …him … a thief, and delayed them on…to London.

Fogg: December 21 st, 20minutes before…. Liverpool, England. …, and only six hours …London. Fix: arrest / in the name of… Narrator: away from / is placed under arrest by in prison placing / turn into / vanish / the possibilities of reaching London / the specified time at 2:33p.m. / is thrown open / revealing Act 1

Fix : forgive me / a most unfortunate resemblance Fogg: free Fix: yes Fogg: observed me / note / be given to / physical violence make today an exception Act 2

Narrator: Having missed …, Fogg,with…, hires …to take…. When they reach…, the clocks there show… Having made …, he is behind in …by …. He…the bet!

Act 3 Aouda: so hard …that how… Passep: arrived / withdrew to / Aouda: cheer…up / if only… Narrator : She does…, for she suggests that…. Mr Fogg …deeply. He thinks that… With…, he is….

Act 4 Passep: Monsieur Fogg: are just in time to / become engaged to Passep: joy / in pairs Fogg: mean? Passep: not…as you think Fogg: impossible Passep: by traveling east / gain / win the bet / hurry

Act 5 Narrator: Fogg dashes…, hops…and is … Stuart : has lost Ralph: There’s no point in … Butler: more Stuart: Mr phileas Fogg! Butler: impossible Fogg: the twenty thousand pounds admit it won… fairly, by doing what… have gone around …