Around the World in Eighty Days
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On a wager, the eccentric English gentleman Phileas Fogg accepts a challenge to circle the globe in 80 days. Follow Phileas and his faithful valet, Passepartout, in this fantastic adventure. 1 MP3 CD.School Library JournalGr 3-5 - All three adaptations of these classic novels fall prey to the usual pitfalls involved in such a process. The bare outlines of the plots are provided, but character development, a true sense of place and time with regard to setting, and masterful description of the action all go by the wayside. Jungle Bookis mistitled as it references only the Mowgli stories and moves from incident to incident so quickly that the "law of the jungle" morals in Kipling's anthropomorphic fables are lost. Treasure Islandis written in a similar breakneck, choppy style, and Long John Silver, one of the most memorable characters ever created, is eminently forgettable in this telling. In 80 Days, the historic events that made such a journey even thinkable, like the opening of the Suez Canal and the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, are never mentioned, nor is the International Date Line, which enabled Fogg to win his wager, mentioned, let alone explained. The cartoon illustrations in all three volumes border on offensive as no matter which country or culture is depicted, the dot-eyed faces are virtually identical except for minor variations in skin tone. Some illustrations make no sense, as when the action in 80 Daysdescribes the servant Passepartout at the bottom of a circus pyramid, but the picture is of a Japanese tearoom.-Grace Oliff, Ann Blanche Smith School, Hillsdale, NJCopyright 2007 Reed Business Information
Notes to the Teacher 4Facts About the Author 5Facts About the Times 6Facts About the Characters 6Chapter Summaries 7Answer Key 10Literary Glossary 12Chapter ExercisesWords and Meanings, Ch. 1 14Recalling Details, Ch. 1 15Synonyms and Antonyms, Ch. 1 16Words and Meanings, Ch. 2 17Cause and Effect, Ch. 2 18Words and Meanings, Ch. 3 19Sequence of Events, Ch. 3 20Words and Meanings, Ch. 4 21Comprehension Check, Ch. 4 22Inference, Ch. 4 23Words and Meanings, Ch. 5 24Recalling Details, Ch. 5 25Words and Meanings, Ch. 6 26Sequence of Events, Ch. 6 27Character Study, Ch. 6 28Words and Meanings, Ch. 7 29Cause and Effect, Ch. 7 30Words and Meanings, Ch. 8 31Comprehension Check, Ch. 8 32Words and Meanings, Ch. 9 33Comprehension Check, Ch. 9 34Words and Meanings, Ch. 10 35Sequence of Events, Ch. 10 36Personalizing Story Events, Ch. 10 37End-of-Book ExercisesBook Sequence 38Final Exam, Part 1 39Final Exam, Part 2 40Universal ExercisesBeyond the Text 41Plot Study 42Theme Analysis 43Character Study 44Vocabulary Study 45Glossary Study 46Book Review, Part 1 47Book Review, Part 2 48
