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Around The World In Eighty Days: Summary - Term Papers

Around The World In Eighty Days: Summary

The title of the novel, Around the World in Eighty Days, is pretty
much self explanatory. An Englishman, Phileas Fogg, places a wager that he
can circumnavigate the world in 80 days. The events that occur throughout
the novel describe his journey around the world.
Phileas Fogg, the protagonist, was a lonesome person who lived with
his paid servant. Mr.Fogg was thought to be rich although no one knew where
his riches came from.
Jean Passepartout, Fogg's paid servant. A strange fellow who had
held many different jobs, such as fireman and gymnast.
Detective Fix, an English detective who followed Fogg around the
world because he suspected that Mr. Fogg was a bank robber.
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least favorite character is Fix the detective. He followed Fogg
around the globe, he missed arresting him in India and Hong Kong through
incompetence, and as soon as they arrived back in London, he did arrest
Fogg but erroneously.
The main conflict of the novel was time. Time caused a lot of
pressure on Fogg; he had to get back to London on time or he would lose the
money he wagered. Mr.Fogg and Passepartout were confronted many times with
the problem of lost time; when time was lost extra effort and work had to
be put in so as to make up for the lost time.
The incident that made me happy was when the real bank thief was
caught and Fogg was let out of jail with exactly enough time left to arrive
in London on time.
The one part that I would change is when Passepartout and Fogg are
separated on India and then they meet up again coincidentally in Japan. I
know that this is science fiction, fiction being the important word but
still it is to something that is almost ...

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Added: 3/31/2006 09:03:50 PM
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