Saturday, June 2, 2012

Review of around the world in 80 days


     

Biography

Born                                        Jules Gabriel Verne February 8, 1828
                                                     Nantes France
Language                          French
Nationality                        French
Occupation                        Author
Famous book                     voyages extraordinary
Other work                         poems, plays, short stories
 Died                                    March 24, 1905(age 77)
                                                    Amiens France
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About book

Title                                around the world in eighty days
                                         In French (le tour du monde en 
                                        Quarte-   vingts jours
Published in                    1973
Story                               Adventures
Publisher                         oxford university press
Main Characters:            passepartout (sporting hero) a French
                                        man having pleasant appearance 
                                        Philias fogg (leading role) an English
                                        Rich man
                                        Fix               (detective) have a mission to
                                        Catch o robber, an thinks mr.fogg is a
                                        Robber according to given description
                                       Mrs.auda       (suttee) an Indian princess  
                                   John Sullivan (banker) player of
                                       whist
                                   Samuel fallentin (banker) player of
                                        whist
                                       Thomas Flanagan (important member at
                                        The bank of England) player of whist
                                        Andrew Stuart (engineer) hero made a
                                        bet with him
other characters:              CAPTAIN SPEEDY (captain of
                                         HENRIETA boat) who recived a huge
                                         Money for its old boat by Mr. Fogg
                                        CONSUL inquired about phileas Fogg
                                         and stamped his passeport in india
                                         SIR FRANCIS CROMARTY (An Army
                                        General who played whist with fogg in
                                          steam ship from England to India
                                        
          
        Back ground of short story:
                            It is a book based on different characters as it is mentioned above, pillias fogg is a quiet wealthy rich man. He has no any best friend but have some companions for plying whist. He is a man of his own rules and regulations. He has a newly appointed servant passepartout and had a journey around the world in eighty days with him. The journey was made due to a bet whether is it possible to complete a journey around the world in eighty days or not???
                               He made his journey with his servant and faced many problems some times due to his servant and sometime due to detective fix(who was searching a robber with a description of a gentle man given by British police) and some time due to misfortune.
Review:
                  The first chapter is “an impossible journey” in which the description of phileas fogg is mentioned that in 1972 he lived at number 7 Seville row, Burlington gardens. And described about his appearance (he is a polite, kind hearted, Richey but not greedy and determine person). He is a player of whist. He never wastes his time. Once something happened he dismissed his servant and appoint a new servant passepartout. And after conversation with new servant moved towards reform club which he visited daily and have a meal there alone. Than his some friends of whist comes there and start talking about breaking news of a robber who robbed fifty five thousand pounds from a bank of England. And move the circle of conversation from robbery to escape….and finally made a bet Mr. Fogg and Andrew straut. As fogg said “A good Englishman never jokes when he is making a bet, I will bet twenty thousand pounds anyone that I will make a tour of the world in eighty days or less. Do you accept?”
“We accept” replied all his companions
He started his journey on 2nd October at nine o clock  
They leave England at 9 o clock for Paris
               The second chapter is “is Mr. Fogg the Bank Robber” in which the detective fix waits for steamship impatiently. He was staring every one with great care. Than a man appeared for whom he was waiting. Mr.Fogg send passepartout to stamp his passport but detective fix played a trick and ask him to bring his master to council’s office for stamped his passport. After confirmation he stamped fogg’s passport. Fix met to passepartout and tries to get some secrets about his master. Passepertout’s answers made him more suspicious about fogg. And asked for warrant from London.
                        In the 3rd chapter “India” fogg and his servant arrived at Bombay on 20th October. He wasn’t interested in outing. He stamped his passport from Bombay office and moves toward railway station for Calcutta. But the warrant of arrest didn’t arrived,
They were moving in the streets of Bombay “Christians are not allowed in hind us temples, and that the hindus themselves must take their shoes off before they go in” but innocent passeparout walked with shoes in temple and thrown out and beaten by some priests. 
Mr. Fogg met in train an army general sir Francis Cromarty,(became friends on ship because of whist). Sir Francis warned him that your servant may be punished by Indian government and he agreed
                            On 22nd October passepartout realized that his expensive watch telling a wrong time. Next day in morning at 8’o clock passengers were heard news that the journey with train is no more till Allabad. Mr. Fogg bought an elephant for further journey, and hires a guider.
In the 4th Chapter “Passepartout becomes a Hero” the guider selected a shorten way through for rest. At Four O ‘clock he realized some noise coming from bushes. Then some peoples appeared with statue of their God and a died man with a zaiena young girl going to became a suttee.
                            Mr.Fogg Plans to rescue and they found a place where nobody saw them but they could. After spending a lot of time they didn’t find a way to get the women. A voice came that the prince is not dead. He got up like a ghost and carried him away. it was not a prince but passeparpatout and they are succeeded to got escape.
                            In the 5th Chapter “sent to prison” At 10’o Clock the guide said that they were approaching Allabad, where the train would be kept passengers for Calcutta. The guider was rewarded with one thousand pounds and an elephant. Mrs.Aouda recovered and accepted Fogg’s offer to move towards Hong Kong. Passepartout was sent to court for disobeying of Hindu’s religion. They had a fine two thousand pounds not sent to jail. it will made fix more sure that fogg is a robber.  Passepertout felt a shamed to made his master in trouble (this all was happen because of Mr.Fogg). At 11’o clock Fogg asked a small boat to brought them to Rangoon
                             In the 6th chapter “the journey to Hong Kong” fix also got a room on Rangoon and ruminate what should be his next step because warrant are not reached yet. He decided to face passepartout and told him about all the drama. Misfortune had accrued; the ship was twenty two hours late. Mrs. Aouda and passepartout become very upset and Fogg remained patient and calm as ever. Rangoon started her journey once again and reaching at Hong Kong they got pleasant news that the CARNATIC didn’t leave for YOKOHAMA, the gap of twenty four hours could be recovered, which made them glad. Fogg asked his servant to reserved three cabins because Mrs. Aouda’s uncle was no more in Hong Kong since two years.
                             The CARNATIC have to leave in morning but officer told passepartout and fix “carnatic would leave at eight o’ clock that evening, and not the next morning.”
                          Fix brought passepartout for A friendly drink. Passepartout drunk too much and than Mr. Fix revealed all secret in front of Fogg’s servant. But he didn’t believe him than fix threaten him “Do you wish, then, to be arrested as his helper” and he agreed b saying “I! Help you” and fell down for a night.
                           In the 7th chapter Mr. Fogg and Mrs.aouda searched for passé partout but they were not succeeded. They thought he was in carnatic and will be save, and also lost CARNATIC  and asked for a private boat,  and offered a sailor one hundred pounds and reward of two hundred pounds and start a journey for SHANGHAI to kept a boat for SAN FRANCISCO. Passé partout had encounter with fix on steamship, and he beaten him but fix didn’t even slapped him and convinced him by saying this “but now I want to help him” he was doing for his benefit.
                          In the 8th chapter RED INDIANS attacked by train. Mr. Fogg and his companions fought hard with empty hands but passepartout caught in prison of red Indians other companion went back to got release him.  The engine was brought back but Mrs. Aouda for them they came at 7’o Clock passepartout but the train was next on 11. Though they decided to moved on with upon sledge.
                           In the 9th Chapter “Mr. Fogg become a see captain” in which he asked a man to took them to Bordeaux on Henrietta for two thousand pounds each. Mr. Fogg became a captain by keeping locked captain speedy in his cabin on 13th December seventy eighth day on 18 the coal was gone Mr. Fogg decided to burn upper part of ship and paid her captain for sixty thousand and finally reached at LIVERPOOL on 21st December and Mr. fix arrested him on the land of Liverpool by saying “THEN I ARRESET YOU IN THE NAME OF THE QUEEN!”

                            In the 10th chapter “what finally happens” phileas Fogg sent to prison and he missed his train of 1 o’clock. After two o’ clock he got relief and ran towards railway station and got train of 3 o’clock. He talked to Mrs. Aouda that he ruined his all money in bet now he has nothing to live with her for whole life(marriage). But at last passepartout told him that he won the BET because he traveled to EAST and got an extra day. He got money of bet and MARIED WITH MRS. AOUDA.  

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