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Plot Summary of Journey to the Centre of the Earth
"Axel Lindenbrock's uncle, Professor Otto Lindenbrock, has found a scrap of paper written in old Icelandic. Axel later manages to decipher it, and it leads him and his uncle to Iceland to an extinct volcano called Sneffells. There, they desend into it's crater with the help of a guide named Hans Bjelke, in hopes to reach the centre of the earth! They will face starvation, dehydration, and exhaustion, but eccentric Professor Lindenbrock won't give up until he is at the earth's core...or dead! "
Danielle, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Journey to the Centre of the Earth
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Composition of Book
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30%




Time/era of story: - 19th century
Exploring into the wild Yes
Plotlets: - surviving elements in wilderness
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - scientist
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - none
Ethnicity/Race - German
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - natural phenomena
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a lot

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - Germany
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Mountains: - climbing on trails - climbing with ropes
Island? Yes
Island: - Atlantic Ocean Island

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
How many deaths? - 0 (not a murder mystery)
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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