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Around the World in Eighty Days by Verne

detail as his protagonist, Phileas Fogg. Phileas Fogg is the central character, without whom there would be no novel, and yet o...

National Geography Standards and Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days

Firstly, this element explores how to use maps and other geographical representations, tools and technologies to acquire, process ...

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

of nineteenth century author Jules Verne (1828-1905) helped to create the foundation of the modern science fiction genre. The fert...

"Around the World in Eighty Days" - Colonialism and Enlightenment

infuse his novel with educational motifs, reflecting the novels thematic notion that educational and scientific advancement are th...

Style and Language of The Great Railway Car by Paul Theroux and Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne Compared

the sample passage from Chapter X is a good example of the formal style and language. In regards to formal language, the...

Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days Compared

In five pages the heroes in these classic works are contrasted and compared. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

"Around the World in 80 Days" as a Guide to 19th Century Globalization

a deck steward on a tramp steamer. The film points out quite nicely the fact that the book really is a travelogue, with each episo...

Adventures and Protagonists

the long journey is not necessary, but that does not mean that the odyssey as a concept was not necessary years ago. Indeed, in th...

Irregularities in Accounting at WorldCom and Enron

savvy ways of getting things done. That is, until the fall of 2001. The nation, already shocked and stunned by the tragedy...

Connectivity, External and Internal Drive Bays

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...

Scientific Knowledge and Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

In six pages this report analyzes Verne's text in terms of how scientific knowledge influences plot, character, and subplots. Fou...

Writing the Future and the Accurate Jules Verne

In four pages this paper examines the accuracy of Jules Verne's technological predictions in such works as Paris in the Twenty Fir...

Jules Verne and Competition in The Space Race

This paper presents Jules Verne's arguments regarding the space race in his work, From the Earth to the Moon. The author discusse...

NIGERIA OIL, AND THE CURSE OF BLACK GOLD

of Nigeria, which is exporting more oil (United Arab Emirates, 2009). Granted, the systems of government are very differe...

Beirut Outtakes by Larry Pintak

The Muslims wanted more power and the Christians were doing their best to try to prevent them from achieving this goal. However, P...

Global Strategic Dimensions

In many ways this later strategy may be seen as contradictory, as in the larger markets it may be necessary to tailor operation or...

Pablo Neruda: Walking Around

being a man./ And it happens that I walk into tailorshops and movie/ houses/ dried up, waterproof, like a swan made of felt/ steer...

The Cultural Eccentricity and Allure of the United States

This paper makes the assertion that the US has so much to offer people from around the world, that the image created by the US bre...

Central European Politics from 1910 to 1939 and Modernist Art

of art. Europes turbulent, social and political changes offered (and still offer) suitable conditions for artistic temperament to ...

Christian Music's Mid 1980s' Revival

In eight pages this paper considers the mid Eighties' revival of Christian music. Eleven sources are cited in the bibliography....

EMTs and Stress

a paid position. Even -- and especially -- at the highest level, all EMTs are to take periodic refresher courses to maintain both...

Selling Kidneys In India: Exploiting The Poor

India grounded down by the hopelessness of poverty" (India Kidney Trade). At the center of this issue is the notion of rights an...

The Unsolved Mystery Of D.B. Cooper

feet, with winds gusting at 80 knots and a freezing rain pounding the airplane, Dan Cooper-mistakenly identified as D.B. Cooper by...

Contemporary World and Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell

In ten pages this paper examines the New World Order within the context of Orwell's 1984 and three global powers. Eight sources a...

Anthropologist Barbara Gallatin Anderson's Around The World In Thirty Years

In a paper consisting of five pages a tutorial on how to critique Anderson's books about her travels and the cultures and people s...

Deviance Across Cultures: Girl Gangs Around the World

feud between rival families of the Camorra crime syndicate" exploded in a small town outside Naples (Israely, 2002, p. 32). The le...

Obesity in America and Around the World

arguably around the world. 2. Approximately 22 million children worldwide who are under the age of five are thought to be obese...

Policing in the United States and Around the World

evaluating Police culture, but the fact that it exists should not overshadow the overall culture. This camaraderie, and a sense th...

The History and Development of Computer Aided Design

the CAD programs that were designed with engineering application, such as the automotive and aeronautical industries where there w...

Day-Age Theory of Creation

While this fact does not indicate that the author of Genesis intentionally used the word "yom" to indicate the passage of billions...