jules verne travel to the center of the earth

I don’t regret reading it but the details will probably fade within a week. This is a classic for a reason but it’s not something that I’ll remember. There was too much buildup for not enough payoff. And does this other thing I saw mean what I think it means?” short. Like, “I think I saw this but I’m not entirely sure. There are a couple of well-developed scenes and adventures but the things that would have interested me even more are cut drastically short.

There is so much potential for this plot but it mostly went nowhere. But he’s barely educated so he doesn’t matter. Oh, and save their useless asses multiple times. And build things that the two intellectuals can’t. Hans, the poor guide, is really the hero of the story but since he’s a barbaric Icelander (If that’s not a description directly from the book, it’s at least implied), he doesn’t really count. Too little too late is all I have to say about that. He’s a tyrant but I think I was supposed to like him after one or two incidents where he shows that he does actually care about Axel. Why else do you plunge yourself, your nephew, and your hapless guide into a volcanic crater, not even carrying a supply of water but rather only a supply of gin? My guess is that you’re feeling your age and you’re out to prove that you’re just as virile–no, more so!–than your 20ish-something ward. I’ve decided the professor must be going through a mid-life crisis.

Axel was generally the one with the most sense but he didn’t have a backbone at all.

The minute his uncle, Professor Liedenbrock, started to get the least bit angry with him over his dithering, Axel would cave and blithely go along with whatever ridiculous plan the professor has in mind. My Review:Īxel was a whiny wimp who complained endlessly about having to go on the trip. They eventually crack the code, realize that they’ve been given directions for how to reach the center of the earth, and set out to accomplish it themselves. In perusing the pages, they discover a coded message from a famous scientist living in the 1700s. Genre: Science Fiction, Classics, TranslationĪxel’s uncle comes home one day with a rare Icelandic manuscript. Title: Journey to the Center of the Earth

Jules verne travel to the center of the earth