FR 138 The French Novel on Film
Around the World in 80 Days, Jules
Verne
Ch. 30-end
Reading Questions
1. What is the effect of the narrator focusing on Aouda
and Fix who have remained behind while Fogg goes off to rescue
Passepartout from the Sioux?
2. How does Fogg manage to get across the Atlantic ocean?
3. What do you think of the dénouement of the novel?
How does the narrator build up tension and then reveal Fogg's
triumph?
4. What was the point of this 80-day trip around the world?
What does the narrator seem to think? What do you think?