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: M. Laili Hanafi
: A1B213083
: The Lost World by
: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
: 350 (on PDF)
PLOT

1. Exposition
In 1912, there was a twenty-three years-old man named Edward Malone. He was a
reporter for Daily Gazette, a news paper in London. One day, he went to McArdle, his news
editor, to get a dangerous and adventurous mission. He was sent to interview Professor
George Edward Challenger, who had assaulted four or five other journalists, to determine if
his claims about his trip to South America were true. After assaulting Malone, Challenger
revealed his discovery of dinosaurs in South America, in the forest round the River Amazon.
After having been ridiculed for years, he invited Malone on a trip to prove his story, along
with Professor Summerlee, another scientist qualified to examine any evidence, and Lord
John Roxton, an adventurer who knew the Amazon. They reached the plateau with the aid of
five Indian and two mixed race guides, who are superstitiously scared of the area. One of
these Indians was tall and strong, called Sancho. The two men of mixed race were called
Gomez and Miguel. Gomez is the brother of a man that Roxton killed the last time he was in
South America.
2. Raising Conflict
When the expedition manages to get onto the plateau, Gomez and Miguel destroy
their bridge, trapping them. Gomez climbed down the rock to the ground slowly. Lord
Roxton pointed his gun and fired, and Gomezs body fell to the ground below. Miguel had
reached the ground far below. Their "devoted negro" Sancho jumped on Miguel, and killed
him. Sancho remained at the base, but was unable to prevent the rest of the Indians from
leaving.
Deciding to investigate the lost world, they were attacked by pterodactyls at a swamp.
After exploring the terrain and having a few misadventures in which the expedition narrowly
misses being killed by dinosaurs, Challenger, Summerlee, and Roxton were captured by a
race of ape-men. Malone was not captured because he did not there when his friend was
captured.
3. Climax
While in their village, they found out there was also a tribe of humans (They were
small Indian men) inhabiting the other side of the plateau with whom The Ape-Men were
constantly at war. Roxton was able to ran out from The Ape-Men, and met Malone.
Roxton managed to escape and team up with Malone to mount to a rescue. They
arrived just in time to prevent the executions of the Professors and several other humans, who
took them to the human tribe. With their help, they defeated the ape-men, taking control of
the whole plateau, and Roxton had shot The Ape-King.
4. End
After witnessing the power of their guns, the human tribe did not want the expedition
to leave, and tried to keep them there. However, the team finally discovered a tunnel that led
to the outside, where they met up with Sancho and a large rescue party. Upon returning to
England, they presented their story at a meeting at the Zoological Institute. Professor
Challenger opened a bag and a baby pterodactyl comes out. People screamed and frightened
the pterodactyl and it flied out of the hall through an open window! Now they know
Challengers story was true!

POINT OF VIEW
This novel used third person point of view in the view of Edward Malone, a reporter
on the Daily Gazette newspaper

CHARACTERS
1. PROTAGONIST
a.
Professor George Challenger
He is a zoologist, a scientist who studies animals. He is very clever, but also badtempered. He hates reporters, had an enormous hear, a red face, grey eyes, and long black
beard. His hands were big and strong and covered with thick black hair.
b.
Edward Malone
He is a reporter on the Daily Gazette newspaper, a twenty-three years man. He likes a
dangerous and adventurous mission.
c.
Professor Summerlee
He is a scientist. He is a tall man and wearing glasses. He joins Professor Challenger
to go to South America and want to find out the truth.
d.
Lord John Roxton
He is a traveler, who likes sport and also loves hunting. He is about thirty-eight years
old, a very brave man and is not afraid of anything. He has strong body and cold blue eyes.
e.
Sancho
He is a Devoted Negro Servant. He is tall and strong man.
2. ANTAGONIST
a.
Gomez
He is a mixed-race servant who aids Professor Challenger and friends reach the
plateau. He is the brother of a man that Roxton killed the last time he was in South America.
b.
Miguel
He is also a mixed-race servant who aids Professor Challenger and friends reach the
plateau. He helps Gomez to destroy the bridge to the plateau, and then is killed by Sancho.
3. MAJOR CHARACTERS
a.
Professor George Challenger
b.
Edward Malone
c.
Professor Summerlee
d.
Lord John Roxton
e.
Sancho
f.
Gomez
g.
Miguel
4. MINOR CHARACTERS
a.
Mr. McArdle
He is the editor of the Daily Gazette newspaper, Edward Malones Boss. He is a very
kind person.
b.
The Ape-King
He is The leader of the Ape-People. Has killed by Lord John Roxton
c.
The Prince
He is The Prince of the Indian who captured by the Ape-Men.

SETTINGS
1. The Setting of Time.
a.
One morning, Malone met to Mr. McArdle to get a dangerous and adventurous
mission.
b.
On Wednesday morning, Malone went to Professor Challengers house.
c.
Two years ago, Professor Challenger went on a journey to South America.
d.
At half past eight, there was a meeting between scientists.
e.
Ten days later, at beginning of May, Professor Summerlee, Lord Roxton and
Malone left for South America.
f.
At twelve oclock on 15th July, Professor Summerlee, Lord Roxton and Malone open
Professor Challengers envelope.
g.
In the afternoon next day, Professor Challenger found the way to the Lost World.
h.
On the ninth day, the team reached the plateau of the Lost World.
2. The Setting of Place
a.
Malone visited Mr. McArdles office to get a dangerous and adventurous mission.
b.
Malone went to a library to find some articles about Professor Challenger.
c.
Malone went to Professor Challengers house to interview him.
d.
Two years ago, Professor Challenger went on a journey to South America, in the
forest round the Amazon River.
e.
That night, there was a meeting at the Zoological Institute.
f.
After meeting, Malone visited Lord Roxtons house which was near from Zoological
Institute.
g.
After many weeks of travelling, Professor Summerlee, Lord Roxton and Malone
reached the town of Manoes on the Amazon River.

THEME
The main theme of this novel is about an exciting and unusual adventure.
Professor George Challenger is a zoologist, a scientist who studies animals. He invited
Professor Summerlee, Lord Roxton and Malone to join his journey to South America, in the
forest round the Amazon River, to find the lost world, a world where creatures from the past
still alive.

MASSAGES
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In this novel is told there was a team of men that never gave up to reach their goal,
and always kept their relationship. So, we can learn from this story about :
Never give up until we reach our goal
Always keeping the relationship makes fortunate
Taking revenge is so bad and makes unfortunates.

COMMENTS

I think that the most interesting part of this story is the feelings that readers got from
The Lost World was really different with Sherlock Holmes even though the writer is the
same.