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Philleas Fogg In Around The World In Eighty Days

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In which Philleas Fogg is portrayed with a monumental amount of confidence “ ' Twenty thousand pounds!' cried Sullivan. ' Twenty thousand pounds which you would lose by a single accidental delay!' ' The unforeseen does not exist.' quietly replied Philleas Fogg. ' But, Mr. Fogg, eighty days are only the estimate of the least possible time in which the journey can be made.' ' A well used minimum suffices for everything.' ' But, in order not t exceed it, you must jump mathematically from the trains upon the steamers, and from the steamers upon the trains again.' ' I will jump—mathematically.' ” Philleas Fogg in around Around the World in Eighty Days, displays a remarkably confident disposition in the face of great risk. …show more content…

Hit by an abrupt stop on his train ride through India, Philleas Fogg faces a monumental delay, but rather than hang his head and abandon his goal, his ingenuity drives him to find another way. Sending Passepartout in search of anything that may be of use, they come upon the house of an Indian man. With no other way to continue, they strike a bargain for the mans treasured companion, an elephant! Further on his journey when all might have been lost after Passepartout was captured by a band of irate American Indians, he once again employs a rather different form of travel. After losing precious hours while he endeavors to save Passepartout from a horrific fate, they traveled by a boat that sailed the vast white snow instead of the ocean

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