Characters :
Main Characters -
1) Phileas Fogg - Protagonist
2) Passepartout - A loyal servant/valet
3) Aouda - Indian Princess
4) Detective Fix - Detective
Minor Characters -
1) John Sullivan - A banker
2) Samuel Fallentin - A banker
3) Andrew Stuart - An engineer
4) Gauthier Ralph - The Director of the Bank of England
5) Thomas Flanagan -The brewer
6) James Strand -A bank robber
7) Reverend Samual Wilson - A clergyman
A wager (bet) among 5 Reform club friends( Sullivan, Fallentin, Andrew Stuart, Ralph, Flanagan) and Fogg .
Wager Amount : Twenty thousand pounds
ROUTE : London --> Venice (Italy) -->Brindisi --> Suez (Egypt) --> Bombay ( Mumbai, India) --> Allahabad (India) --> Calcutta (Kolkata, India) --> Singapore --> Hong Kong --> Shanghai ((China) --> Yokohama (Japan) --> San Francisco (USA) --> Omaha --> New York (USA) -->to Queenstown (Ireland)--> Dublin -->Liverpool --> London.
Journey started on 2nd October at 8:45 p.m. ended on 21st December at 8:45 p.m.
Character Sketch :
1) Phileas Fogg : Phileas Fogg is the protagonist of the novel 'Around The World In Eighty Days.' He is calculative person, very punctual, living isolated life. He did not have any close friend or any relative.He was a member of Reform Club. He had a bet with his Reform Club friends of Twenty Thousand Pounds of travelling around the world in eighty days. He started his journey on 2nd October and it should be ended on 21st Dec. Nobody was sure that it is possible as there would be many unexpected hurdles. But he anyhow overcome all the obstacles and completed this journey within 79 days.Thus he won the wager unexpectedly as well as got a loyal valet in the form of Passepartout and a love in the form of Aouda.
2) Aouda : Aouda is another major character. She was the daughter of Parsi merchant.She married to the old Raja of Bundelkhand. When Raja dies, she is about to be sacrificed as a Sati. When the protagonist and his butler - Passepartout were in India, they rescued her. Thus, they kept her with them as they wanted to send her to her distant relative. But in Hong Kong, they found out that her distant relative has moved to Holland, so they decided to take her with them to Europe. Aouda feels indebted for her companions and gradually falls in love with Fogg. At the end of the novel, she proposes Fogg for marriage, though they believe he has lost the wager, thus he became penniless. He accepts and tells her that he also loves her. Then he wins the bet and they get married. Their marriage reveals the actual date. In this way, because of her, Fogg realises he has time to reach the Reform Club and Wins the wager.
3) Passepartout : Passepartout is a newly appointed French butler/ valet of Phileas Fogg. He is one of the major characters in the novel. He is loyal, honest, selfless person who accompanies Fogg on his journey around the world. He is obedient, innocent, comical, softspoken, impulsive fellow. He helps the protagonist to accomplish the wager.
Themes :
1) Adventure and excitement
2) Time
3) Importance of human connections
4) Honour
5) Presence of mind and wit
Q1) Appreciate Phileas Fogg as the protagonist of "Around the World in Eighty Days".
Ans : Phileas Fogg is the protagonist of the novel 'Around The World In Eighty Days.' He is calculative person, very punctual, living isolated life. He had a bet with his Reform Club friends of Twenty Thousand Pounds of travelling around the world in eighty days. When he started his journey, nobody was sure that it is possible as there would be many unexpected hurdles. But he anyhow overcome all the obstacles and completed this journey within 79 days.Thus he won the wager as a true hero of the novel.
Q2) Discuss "Time" as the theme of the novel 'Around a World in Eighty Days'.
Ans : The most important theme of this adventure novel is 'Time'. It illustrates repeatedly that time is fickle, and either works for or against them. In many cases, time foils their plans. Many times they miss the trains and ships leaving the characters in trouble. Fogg gets arrested for no fault of his and loses precious time. In the end, Fogg wins the bet as he gained a day when crossing the International Date Line. The ultimate message is that no one can control time; time will work the way it wants to work, and humans are at its mercy.
Q3) The most interesting part of the extract 'Around the World in Eighty Days' is its climax. Discuss.
Ans : Fogg and the reader first think that Fogg has lost not only the wager but also the money and honour that went with it, as he was unexpectedly arrested and imprisoned by detective Fix, who mistakenly thought he was the bank robber. But the twist comes when the valet, Passepartout unexpectedly found out that today is not Sunday but Saturday. He takes Fogg to Reform Club and thus wins the bet, giving happy and exciting ending to the novel.
Q4) Describe how Fix, the detective creates problems for Mr Fogg, arresting him for bank robbery, and how Mr Fogg tries to solve the problems.
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Q5) Complete the table highlighting various traits of the following characters in the extract from 'Around the World in Eighty Days'.
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1) Aouda |
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2) Detective Fix |
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3) Passepartout |
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4) Phileas Fogg |
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1) Aouda |
Graceful, sweet, loving, sincere, noble, concerned,
non-materialistic, generous, charming, brave, rectitude,steadfast. |
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2) Detective Fix |
Dutiful. Stubborn, stupid, unimaginative, repentant. |
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3) Passepartout |
Loyal, caring, loving, witty, honest, comical, innocent, obedient,
impulsive. |
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4) Phileas Fogg |
Determind, adoptable, eccentric ,gentleman, honest, open minded,fearless. |
Q6) Who said the following lines - Name the speaker and the listener/s :
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Ans : When Aouda proposed Fogg for marriage, he was completely penniless. Fogg sent Passepartout to the Reverend Samuel Wilson to inform him that they wanted to get married the next day ie Monday. But when Passepartout reached the clergyman's house, there he came to know that today is not Sunday but Saturday. Thus, they made a mistake of one day. They came to London one day prior and still could win the wager. If Aouda did not propose Fogg for marriage, Passepartout didn't go to clergyman's house, he didn't come to know that today is Saturday and they couldn't win the wager. In this way, Aouda indirectly helped Fogg to win the wager.
Q8) 'We can go around the world in less time by journeying eastward'. Justify it with Fogg's journey in the extract from'Around the World in Eighty Days'.
Ans : When Phileas Fogg accepts the wager, he starts journeying eastward. In journeying eastward he had gone towards the sun. So he sees the sun pass the meridian eighty times while people in London saw the sun pass the meridian only seventy nine times. Thus, he gained a day when he crossed the International Date Line. In this way, we can go round the world in less time when we journey towards east.
Q9) Identify and write down the correct options :
I) Which of the following is an appropriate reason for Phileas Fogg starting his journey around the world?
a) fellow members bet Fogg
b) Fogg bets his fellow members
c) Fogg wants to marry Aouda
d) Fogg committed robbery
Ans : a) fellow members bet Fogg
II) Which one among the following is not a major character of the extract?
a) Phileas Fogg
b) Aouda
c) James Strand
d) Passepartout
Ans : c) James Strand
III) Which of the following is not used as a means of transport in the extract?
a) Elephant
b) Horse
c) Train
d) Steamer
Ans : b)Horse
IV) Which of the following place/s is/are not mentioned in the extract?
a) Bombay (Now, Mumbai)
b) Allahabad
c) London
d) Calcutta (Now Kolkata)
Ans : b) Allahabad
V) Fogg was arrested in :
a) London
b) Liverpool
c) Saville Row
d) Edinburgh
Ans : b) Liverpool
VI) The name of the bank robber was :
a) Andrew Stuart
b) Thomas Flanagan
c) James Strand
d) John Sullivan
Ans : c) James Strand
VII) To win the wager, Fogg had to reach the Reform Club at ......... on a particular day.
a) 9:00 pm
b) 9:00 am
c) 8:20 pm
d) 8:45 pm
Ans : d) 8:45 pm
VIII) The wager that Fogg accepted was for a sum of ...........
a) Twenty pounds
b) Thousand pounds
c) Twenty thousand dollars
d) Twenty thousand pounds
Ans : d) Twenty thousand pounds
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