Around the World in
Around the World in Eighty Days is a novel written by Jules Verne 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 eighty days, and then leaves along with his servant immediately.
The thing impresses me most on during Around the World in Eighty Days is how straitlaced Phileas Fogg is. In the beginning, Mr.Fogg fires his servant because the water he brought him to shave in was two degrees under 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.
Although he is so straitlaced, there is many things that we could learn from him. First, he makes very precise plans that they should be in where at what time. Secondly, he is very persevering. During the adventure, he got attacked and came across a great deal of difficulties, but he had never been daunted by them. And finally, he is very helpful which is also supposed to be learned by us.
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.
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