Zach Tripp: September 2011

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_World_in_Eighty_Days

Here is a link about a general summary of the book. It gives some background about the author and the characters. Tells you what the book is about.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne

Here is the author, Jules Verne. This link tells you what other type of books he has wrote and what kind of writer he was. It also tells you about his life.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phileas_Fogg

This URL tells you about the main character, Phileas Fogg. This gives background information on Fogg. Helps to know him better.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passepartout_(character)

This link tells you about Fogg's manservant, Jean Passepartout. It gives background information on him. It also helps you get to know him too.

http://aroundtheworld.phileas-fogg.net/aroundtheworld/80days-chapter6.html

This is a URL of a part of the book. It sort of introduces Detective Fix who is kinda the bad guy in the book. So it helps you get to know the bad guy.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327437/

I put this one in here because they made the book into a movie. Of course the movie isn't completely accurate but it's got Jackie Chan. So if you don't really feel like reading the whole book then you can just watch the movie but it's not very good.

http://www.ourwardfamily.com/1800's_britain.htm

This URL is about Britain in the 1800's. Mr. Fogg's adventure takes place in the 1800's and England is where it started. Alot of historical information is given about Britain in this time.

http://www.life.com/gallery/55271/image/3091323/early-photos-egypt-in-the-1800s#index/0

Mr. Fogg went from London from Egypt. This URL gives great images of what early Egypt was like. These also might of been some of the things Fogg saw on his travels.

http://history1800s.about.com/od/thebritishempire/tp/indiatimeline01.htm

This URL is about India in the mid-1800's. Even though Mr. Fogg went through in the later 1800's the stuff in this page describes what happened recently before Fogg went through. Good discription of early India though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Hong_Kong_(1800s%E2%80%931930s)

Another URL covering histories of a country. This country is China, in particular Hong Kong. One of Mr.Foggs last stops before entering the U.S.

http://www.pbs.org/empires/japan/timeline_1800.html

Educational link of Japan in the mid to late 1800's. This is about the time Mr. Fogg would of been there. Japan was the last stop before entering the U.S.

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/history/1800.htm

This link gives many dates and events of the late 1800's in the U.S. These events shaped the country for when Fogg arrived. Another Historical site.

http://www.yourirish.com/history/19th-century/

After the boat gets messed up they end up in Ireland. This is a historical background about what was going on in the 1800's in Ireland. Gives you an imagine on what Fogg might of seen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_the_United_States#1851.E2.80.931900

Because Fogg had to travel through America by train. I decided to put this link that has to do about train travel in this time. It also shows the dangers of this travel too.

http://northwesthistoryexpress.com/timeline/transportation1800.php

Because Fogg's main type of transportation is train. I decided to post a URL that covered trains in general in the 1800's. Really good train history.

http://www.bytown.net/steamer.htm

Although Mr. Fogg did not actually travel the Ottawa River. This link gives a good description on what traveling on a steam powered boat was like. Because that is Fogg's other main source of travel.

http://www.ehow.com/how_4894_play-bridge.html

One of Fogg's favorite games is bridge. So this link tells you how to play bridge. So you can enjoy Bridge too.

http://www.chacha.com/question/what-is-20%2C000-pounds-in-1800%27s-worth-today

Mr. Fogg makes a bet of 20,000 pounds. So this link tells you how much 20,000 thousands pounds is worth today. Fogg was a baller.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire#Britain.27s_imperial_century_.281815.E2.80.931914.29

Mr. Fogg is constantly being chased by Fix. An English detective. So to show where Fix can arrest Fogg at here is this link.

http://www.enotes.com/drugs-substances-encyclopedia/opium/effects-body

Passepartout misses the ship to Yokohama because Fix tricks him into smoking opium. So to show the effects of opium on the body here is this link. Now i understand why he missed it.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Comments

Stevie Daily's picture story:

Stevie, you can't tell from this picture story what the title of the book is or the plot of the story. I'm also going to agree with Kippy when saying I can't really connect with it. I like your pictures and how they fit your captions. I think your a little short on pictures but good job

To Brandon Blewett's picture story:

Brandon, I love your picture story. I actually lol'ed when I looked at it. Some people may not get most of your pictures but I am a man of the internet and I laughed hard. My favorite picture was the "Challenge Accepted" picture. It was my favorite because that is exactly what I pictured when he accepted the bet. Thank you for this work of art.

To Cody Zamora's picture story:

Cody, I am currently reading the same book as you. Even though this picture story isn't completely done I get what each picture was trying to say. I'm sure that when you are done with the story it will be quite entertaining and insightful. Your pictures are well enough represented that even without captions I know what is going on. I'm sure it will be good when you are done.

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Music Connect

http://www.classicalconnect.com/music/790

I chose Dance of the Goblins by Antonio Bazzini to represent the tone and mood of my book right now. I think it is a great representation of the story because the tempo and all the instruments fit what is going on. The tempo is a little bit faster than most classical music which i like because it reminds me of cat and mouse. It reminds of the cartoons where the evil villian is chasing around the main character and they just go from room to room, much like Scooby Doo. This is kind of happening to Mr. Fogg. He is being chased by detectives around the world and they have to travel quite fastly to avoid the detectives.
Another reason I like it is because it is a violin piece. I was expecting for almost all classical music to go with the book because the book takes place in old England when classical music was still kinda popular. But the violin represents the book a lot better that just regular classical music. I think that the violin is a good example of the travel part, which is a major part of the book. Whenever I hear the violin I think of old western times and there travel back then. Mr. Fogg's travel is much like that of the pioneers so that's why there is a good connection. Overall I think this song was possibly the best choice for my book.