Around the World in 80 Days Chapters 7, 8, & 9

Around the World in 80 Days Chapters 7, 8, & 9 By: Anna Flebotte and Abigail Williamson

Chapter 7 Summary • Detective Fix questions who PhileasFogg really is. • PhileasFogg is on a boat in the Suez Canal. • PhileasFogg has recorded all the times and places of his trip from the 2nd of October, to the 21st of December.

Chapter 8 Summary • Detective Fix started following Passepartout. • Fix got Passepartout to tell him where he and Fogg were going. • Passepartout forgot to turn his gas burner off before he left for the trip and he is worried. • Fix follows Fogg and Passepartout to the ship and travels with them to spy.

Chapter 9 Summary • PhileasFogg and Passepartout are traveling through the Suez canal (Egypt) to get to Aden. • Mr. Fogg is worried that the fast winds and fierce waves might cause their ship to slow down. • Passepartout finds Fix on board the same ship as them. He claims that he is going to Bombay as well as Mr. Fogg and Passepartout.

Time and Place Setting: Places Mentioned: Mongolia London Paris Turin Brindisi Bombay New York Singapore Hong Kong Calcutta San Francisco Yokahama Aden Red Sea • The Suez Canal • October 2nd through December 21st

Clothing/Possessions/Food • Clothing~ shirt, shoes • Possessions~ passport, notebook

Modes of Transportation • Traveled on a ship called the Mongolia.

Cultural Nuances: • Banknotes:

Amount of Money Spent: • Enough to buy shirts and shoes! (No certain amount)

Building/Establishments • Suez Canal A Boat on the Suez Canal

Important Things Characters Say, Think, or Do. • "Possibly; but that is not the question. Do you think, consul, that this phlegmatic gentleman resembles, feature by feature, the robber whose description I have received?" • "Left London, Wednesday, October 2nd, at 8.45 p.m. "Reached Paris, Thursday, October 3rd, at 7.20 a.m. "Left Paris, Thursday, at 8.40 a.m. "Reached Turin by Mont Cenis, Friday, October 4th, at 6.35 a.m. "Left Turin, Friday, at 7.20 a.m. "Arrived at Brindisi, Saturday, October 5th, at 4 p.m. "Sailed on the Mongolia, Saturday, at 5 p.m. "Reached Suez, Wednesday, October 9th, at 11 a.m. "Total of hours spent, 158+; or, in days, six days and a half."

Important Instances in the Plot • Fix assumes Mr. Fogg is the thief. • They find Fix on the same boat as them…the Mongolia

Questions: • Why didn’t Fix just ask Passepartout if he thought Fogg was a thief. • Why was Passepartout worried about the gas burner.

Quotes: • The effect of these replies upon the already suspicious and excited detective may be imagined. The hasty departure from London soon after the robbery; the large sum carried by Mr. Fogg; his eagerness to reach distant countries; the pretext of an eccentric and foolhardy bet--all confirmed Fix in his theory. He continued to pump poor Passepartout, and learned that he really knew little or nothing of his master, who lived a solitary existence in London, was said to be rich, though no one knew whence came his riches, and was mysterious and impenetrable in his affairs and habits. Fix felt sure that PhileasFogg would not land at Suez, but was really going on to Bombay.

Unfamiliar Words • Quay~ a landing place, especially one of solid masonry, constructed along the edge of a body of water; wharf • Consul~ an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country • Shrewd~ keen; piercing • Rogues~ a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel • Visaed~ an endorsement made by an authorized representative of one country upon a passport issued by another, permitting the passport holder entry into or transit through the country making the endorsement

Unfamiliar Words Continued • Suez~ a seaport in Egypt • Mont Cenis~ a mountain pass between France and Italy • Volubly~ a continuous flow of words • Shillings~ a coin • Cogitating~ to think hard

Around the World in 80 Days Chapters 7, 8, & 9