Sunteți pe pagina 1din 3

QUESTION 1.

Around the World in Eighty Days is a fantastic journey by an Englishman


and his manservant in 1873. The story is a comedy filled with exotic
locations, cultures and suspense along the way. Phileas Fogg, an
Englishman, with his French manservant, Passepartout, create an unusual
pairing with their distinct cultural backgrounds. The journey challenges
both Phileas Fogg and Passepartout in many ways, but both men come out
as winners in the end. Fogg and Passepartout journey around the world to
win a simple wager, but they leave an incredible story about loyalty and
friendship in their wake.
The novel, published in 1873, is the fantastic voyage of Phileas Fogg and
his manservant, Jean Passepartout, around the world. The voyage is the
result of a wager by Fogg and his counterparts from the Reform Club. The
men insist that Fogg can not go around the world in eighty days without
delays. The men wager the amount of twenty thousand pounds that Fogg
will be unable to return to the club, at the exact same, time eighty days
later. After agreeing to their wager, Fogg returns home to enlist his new
manservant, Passepartout, a Frenchman from Paris on his voyage.
Fogg and his manservant, Passepartout, set out immediately for Paris by
train. After departing by train, Detective Fix, a London Police Investigator,
insists that Fogg is the suspect in the robbery of the Bank of England.
Fogg has no idea that he is being pursued for robbery by the authorities.
He arrives in Suez to have his manservant confront Detective Fix on the
quay, who tries to detain them in Suez. As Fix does not have an arrest
warrant, he continues with them on to Aden and Bombay. Fogg is not
interested in sightseeing during his tour of the world, but Passepartout
marvels at all the exotic sights.
On their arrival in India, Fogg and Passepartout travel by train to Calcutta,
but ran into some trouble along the way. During their visit to the Indian
Peninsula, Passepartout offends some priests in a sacred Brahmin temple.
He rescues Princess Aouda, the wife of a deceased Parsee rajah, from
committing a forced suicide. With their new companion in tow, Fogg and
Passepartout leave India for Singapore and Hong Kong. Unbeknownst to
Fogg and Aouda, Fix has been tagging along with them, and now proceeds
to try to stop them at all costs. He gets Passepartout intoxicated and
leaves him behind in Hong Kong, while tagging along with Fogg and Aouda
on their dangerous journey from Hong Kong to Shanghai. Passepartout is
able to board the steamer, the Carnatic, to Yokohama and luckily reunites
with Fogg during an acrobatic performance.
Aboard the General Grant steamer to America, Passepartout and Fix make
an alliance to help Fogg reach London. On their arrival in America, they
are attacked by a band of Sioux Indians, while Fogg is trying to fight a duel
against an insulting American, Colonel Proctor. Fogg is forced to go rescue

Passepartout, who is kidnapped by the Sioux. On his return, he has


already missed the train, and by the same consequence the steamer to
Liverpool out of New York. He leases a ship and burns a good portion of
the ship as fuel to arrive through Dublin at Liverpool. When he arrives in
Liverpool, he is suddenly arrested by Fix for the robbery of the Bank of
England. After being declared innocent, Fogg believes he has lost the
wager due to the last minute delay. Passepartout actually finds out by
accident that Fogg has miscalculated by one day. He wins the wager and
finally marries his love, Aouda. Fogg not only wins the wager, but he wins
the lady's heart, and the loyalty of his manservant, Passepartout.

QUESTION 2.
Throughout the film Ho-chang falls madly in love with his un-interested
female coach, adding to the comic relief. One day while headed to
practice the team is confronted by a group of Japanese soldiers, who claim
that their practice ground is a new Japanese training camp. To settle the
dispute one of the team members, Oh Dae-hyeon, who went to school in
Tokyo with the Japanese Officer, suggests a competitive game of baseball.
The game would not only settle the dispute, but it would also be a way for
the Koreans to establish themselves against Japan, and for the players to
further prove themselves to the skeptics of their town. Meanwhile, a more
serious dispute is going on between the Korean diplomats and the
revolutionary thinkers, over the signing of the Eulsa Treaty that officially
made Korea a protectorate of Japan. Coincidentally, Oh Dae-hyeon and
Min Jong-rim are members of the Anti-Eulsa League, an organization
formed in protest of the Five Eulsa Traitors, which one of their teammates,
Kwang-tae, father belongs to. Due to all of the suppressed tension, the
YMCA team loses to the Japanese, also losing their chance to dignify
themselves in the face of their suppressors. Devastated over the loss, the
team members decide to abandon baseball and return to more practical
roles in society. Ho-chang fulfills his fathers wish and takes over the
family school, despite his desires to become a great baseball player. In the
end, the team reunites for one final and quite dramatic rematch against
the Japanese. The Koreans victory in this rematch symbolizes their unity in
baseball, and their ability to come together despite the social and cultural
issues facing the changing country.

QUESTION 3.
Positive
Imperialism Led to the stabilization of government and social institutions
and colonized countries
When India was invaded, the British had a divide and conquer method
divided the Indians into two separate, small issues.
Europeans bought their influence of law and government to Africa,
creating tribes.
Europeans brought rule of law, order to large societies and established the
British system of education

Negatives of Imperialism
Imperialism led to the depopulation and violence again indigenous people
Imperialism led to the assimilation and loss of unique indigenous cultures
Imperialism led to further conflict between ethnic groups and colonized
countries
Although imperialism led to other good results, it also caused many
negative situations and events such as slavery.
Between 80 and 90% of slaves died in transit in the Trans Sahara and East
African slave trade.
Most children born to women slaves were killed at birth
Very few slaves from the middle east survived due to lack of hydration
and nutrition etc.
The Tutsi's were attacked by the Hutu's and a lot of them were killed off
because they had been turned against each other.
The British came over to the indigenous lands and the indigenous peoples
were forced to obey their rules and live as they do, if not, they would be
punished.
The Tutsi's and Hutu's were turned against each other. (The Tutsi's were
higher class and sending the Hutu's demands, although they were both
minorities.)
Colonize: The establishing of colonies

S-ar putea să vă placă și