AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS

ABOUT THE WRITER

• Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist, poet and playwright.
• Verne wrote widely popular series of adventure novels including
 Journey to the center of the earth (1864)
 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea (1870)
 Around The World In Eighty Days (1873)
• Verne is generally considered a major literary author in France and most of
Europe
• Verne has been the second most translated author in the world .
Parts
1. MAJOR CHARACTERS
2. PLOT OF THE NOVEL
3. THEME OF THE NOVEL
 Characters
1. PHILEAS FOGG : Protagonist
 He is precise and intelligent man, impeccable in manners and very
punctual .
 Fogg is wealthy but simple and reserved
 He doesn’t socialize much
 He regularly visits the Reform club
 He took wager with the member in the club that he can travel the
world in 80 days .He is determined to win the wager .
 He doesn’t give up and is determined in what he wants .
2. JEAN PASSERPARTOUT :
 He is the loyal servant of Fogg.He listens to his every command .
 He is willing to partake on the world journey and assist Fogg.
 He is innocent and unknowingly gets himself into trouble along the way.
 He is humorous yet brave .
 His lightheartedness and his blunders are in complete contrast to Fogg’s
seriousness and meticulousness.Together they make and unforgettable pair
 3. AOUDA:
. She was an Indian princess rescued by Fog Fogg.
.She later on shares the adventures with
Fogg and Passepartout.
.She is extreamly grateful for the kindness extended to her.
.She cares for both Fogg and Passepartout, but later falls in love with Fogg.
• 4 . DETECTIVE FIX
 A short man with small eyes and bushy eyebrows that twitched
constantly .
 He thinks and suspects Fogg to be the robber who robbed the Bank of
England .
 He follows Fogg,Passepartout and Aouda around the world .
 He is materialistic – because he follows Fogg as there is a reward.
 PLOT OF THE NOVEL
• Around the world in eighty days begins at the Reform Club in England
with Phileas Fogg, Thomas Flanagan ,Samuel Fallentin and John Sullivan
sitting by a fireplace reading newspaper.
• We are introduced to Fogg ,a very precise man who regularly goes to
the Reform Club every evening .
• At the club they are talking a bout a bank robbery.
• This conversation leads to a wager .
• Fogg is sure he can travel around the world in 80 days .
• Sullivian disagrees.
• All of the men accept the wager for 20 thousand pounds .
• Beginning of entire plot &from here we can see how Fogg goes around the world and
we witness amazing adventures that he has with his companions.
• Main plot is based on Fogg’s travels, while other such plots merely support the central
theme.
• Fix , the detective follows Fogg
• He believes Fogg is the robber and robbed a great sum from bank of England
• He puts obstacles in Fogg’s path so he can arrest him when a warrant is issued from
England
• Sub –theme : the suspicion that Fogg might be a clever gentleman robber makes the
reader also suspicious
• Passepartout too wonders whether his master might be a robber ;though in his heart
he has ample trust in Fogg’s integrity (honesty).
• The plot moves ahead with Fogg striving through various obstacles
to reach London in time .
• He goes through Brindisi, Suez , Bombay, Calcutta, HongKong,
Yokohama ,SanFrancisco ,New York and finally Liverpool.
• Fix arrests Fogg at Liverpool.
• Fogg thinks that he has missed the deadline and hasn’t reached
London
• In reality he reached a full day earlier .
• Finds himself a worthy charming beautiful wife in the course of his
travels
 THEME OF THE NOVEL

• Perseverance and Determination is the best motivation towards success

• Courage amidst adversities
• Generosity and Goodwill pays .
• Novel is full of adventure and excitement
• Fogg accepts challenge
• Underlining theme is TIME
• Time is fickle (changes frequently )
• Time can work for or against them
• No one can control time ,it will work the way it wants and humans are at its mercy
• When fogg started this journey he was all alone
• At the end he understands the importance of human connection
• Aouda and Passerpartout
• Love ,friendship ,loyalty
• Pride ,honour was valued more than money for fogg
• Savings was completely spend in the trip
• Every problem can be solved (as they came throught a lot of
obstacles)
• Quick thinking ,innovative solution (fogg)
• Passepartout shows his ingenuity (cleverness ) in multiple situations
Synopsis
• Twist : fogg gets arrested and is put in jail
• Detective fix later realizes fogg is not the robber ;releases him
• Fogg and companions calls for a special train to get back to reform club but
they are late
• They are bankrupt so returns back home
• Keeps him shut in a room
• Nobody eats or sleeps
• Next evening ; Fogg apologizes to Aouda for unable to provide for her
needs
• She in turn proposes marriage to him and he agrees
• Passerpatout is send to get the reverend
• For the marriage next day (which they all think is Monday )
• Passerpatout realizes its Sunday
• Since they were travelling eastward around the world master
calsulator ,organizer Fogg has forgotten the time he has gained journeying
through al that time zones .
• They are not late . Time zones gained them a day .
• Ppt races home and grabs fogg to reach the club
• Fogg wins the bet
• Fogg says “ he has won the heart of a charming woman”
Chapter 34
• In which Phileas fogg at last reaches London textbook explanation