The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne

What do Joshamee Gibbs (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl/Terry Rossio) and Phileas Fogg (Around the World in 80 Days/Jules Verne) have in common? Well, from a distance they have nothing in common. Joshamee Gibbs is a pirate found in a blockbuster film. Passepartout is a french valet, from a book written in the 1800s. But, as the reader dives into the characters and their behaviors, a pattern or archetype can be seen. Archetypes are universal in every story and narrative. For

Detective Fix, the closest character to an antagonist from the novel “Around the World in Eighty Days” by Jules Verne might appear vexatious or irritable to many. However, this little man with very inquisitive and bright eyes has quite an important role to play in the novel. Delighted and earnest for the reward of 2,000 pounds, Mr. Fix sets on a venturesome trail after the wrong person. In spite of Fix’s deceit, determination and overconfidence reprising a significant position in the crux of the

“This was an enormous forest, with great mineral vegetation and enormous petrified trees bound together by garlands of elegant Plumularia… [Below was] a carpet of flowers strewn with dazzling gems” (175). Jules Verne utilizes vivid descriptions exceedingly well in his science fiction adventure novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Striking imagery, intense conflict, and hidden symbolism are key literary elements in this book. First, imagery is presented through vivid descriptions of the Nautilus

“Contrasting Viewpoints Aboard the Nautilus” Characters have a way of becoming real people with ideals, feelings, raw emotions and personality traits that anyone can connect with in their own unique way. An adventure such as deep sea exploring is a chance few in the world get; being able to live it through Jules Verne’s book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, readers are able to escape from the world around them and dive deep into an underwater world of great proportions. Due to detailed accounts of mesmerizing

Characters have a way of becoming real people with ideals, feelings, raw emotions and personality traits that anyone can connect with in their own unique way.  An adventure such as deep sea exploring is a chance few in the world get; being able to live it through Jules Verne’s book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, readers are able to escape from the world around them and dive deep into an underwater world of great proportions. Due to detailed accounts of mesmerizing and dangerous creatures

about Professor’s Aronnax are about his love of science and his attention to details. The ollowing quote shows this part of his personality: “Too many insoluble questions presented themselves, too many fantasies danced before my half-closed eyes!”(Verne, 63) Professor Aronnax’s other traits are patriotism, perseverance, conservatism, patience, philanthropy, arrogance and pacifism. Reading the second story comes with pathos resulted from the name of the famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. In this novel

America’s greatest writers. ("About Edgar Allan Poe" 2006) He has influenced many writers such as Stephen King, Jules Verne, and so many more. Poe has dramatically transformed literature from old-fashioned and ordinary to horrifying and captivating. An example of his influence in literature is he inspired One of the most popular writers “Poe inspired was Conan Doyle, author of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Poe’s stories laid out a template for Doyle. ("Who Edgar Allan Poe Inspired - SUNY Oswego")

I was blessed and curst to have a chance to live and experience the best and worst of our world social systems – Communism and Democracy. Born in August 21st, 1968 in the city of Sofia, Bulgaria, behind the “Iron curtain” as known in the West, the most volatile periods of the world history, when a day earlier the “evil empire” Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia and smashed with iron fist in the form of 5,000 tanks rolling down the streets of Prague, the rising voice of the people for democracy and

Illinois. He died June 5th, 2012 in Los Angeles California at the age of 91. His parents were Leonard Spaulding Bradbury and Esther Moberg Bradbury. As a CHild he liked to watch magicians and liked to read adventure and fantasy fiction. He especially liked the works of L. Frank Baum, Jules Verne, and Edgar Rice Burroughs.

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