Second Quarter Begins

Reflection

My New Book

My second Quarter book is tittled Ship Breaker which is about a crew of pople who go to shipwreckes and scrap the reuseable parts out of the ship. In this timeperiod, resources are scarce and workers have been set in horrible work conditions to get paid a small amount of money. Food in this time is rationed off to the workers and as you can immagen it probably doesn't taste better than the food you were given by you middle-school lunch ladies.

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

This is Wikipedia's site that talks about the book.  It gives a good overview that tells the reader the story. It gives you the main storyline.

http://www.online-literature.com/verne/

This site gives you more information about the author, Jules Verne.  Jules Verne wrote Around the World in 80 Days in 1873.  The story takes place in 1872.

http://www.festipedia.org.uk/wiki/The_1870's_Train

This site gives you information on trains that were used in the 1870's.  Travel across American was made easier for settlers when the train tracks were laid.  Towns were built around train stations.

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

The railway in India is what started the bet between Phileas Fogg and the men at the Reform Club.  The incompletion of the railway is why they  happened to travel by Elephant and come upon their adventure with Aouda.  This site tells of the history of transportation by train in India.  In the book, Phileas Fogg and Passepartout travel by train in India.

http://books.google.com/books?id=BJg-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA243&lpg=PA243&dq=sioux+indians+attacking+trains&source=bl&ots=ApWUFb4Biw&sig=Me8XNOnwMnk-t9K_Y_FIR5dTors&hl=en&ei=lgGNTt3NC4-atwfkrr2RDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CGUQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q&f=false

This link tells the story of a woman who was captured by the Sioux Indians in 1873.  That was around the time the Sioux Indians attacked the train Phileas Fogg was taking from the west coast of the United States to the East Coast.  In the story, the trains passengers overcome the Indians.

http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=664&q=traveling+by+elephant&gbv=2&oq=traveling+by+elephant&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=5782l10180l0l10403l21l19l0l8l2l0l211l1618l2.6.3l11l0

This site shows images of people riding on elephants.  In India, Phileas Fogg traveled by elephant when the train tracks ended.  He paid a lot of money to buy the elephant.

http://books.google.com/books?id=JL8CAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA13&dq=about+whist+card+game&hl=en&ei=GAONTo_DL86gtgfOqNSiDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CFEQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=about%20whist%20card%20game&f=false

This link tells you about the game of Whist, Phileas Fogg's favorite pastime.  It is a card game he played at the Reform Club.  He also played it during his travels.

http://www.gjenvick.com/SteamshipArticles/TransatlanticShipsAndVoyages/OceanSteamships/1882/index.html

This site gives you a history of steamships in the 1800's.  This was the way people traveled across oceans during the travels of Phileas Fogg in 1872.  Airplanes were not invented yet.

http://www.reformclub.com/

This site tells you about the Reform Club - the club for wealthy Englishmen that Phileas Fogg belonged to and visited daily.  This is where Phileas Fogg made his bet.  And it is where he won his bet.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/brief-scotland.html

This site gives you a history of Scotland Yard.  Mr. Fix, a member of Scotland Yard, pursued Phileas Fogg all the way around the world.  He had reason to think Mr. Fogg was the bank robber he was looking for because he matched the description of the wanted robber.

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

This link gives you a history of Opium dens.  At one point in the book, Mr. Fix tries to prevent Phileas Fogg from making his boat for the next part of the journey by getting his servant, Passepartout, to pass out from smoking opium in an opium den.  The trip was almost ruined by what happened in the opium den.

http://adaniel.tripod.com/sati.htm

This site explains sati which is an Indian Hindu ritual of sacrificing the wife of a dead husband...against their will.  In the story, Fogg and Passepartout save Aouda from this ritual.  They took her back to England with them.

http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/dateline.htm

This site tells about the international date line.  In the end, Phileas Fogg wins his bet because he finally realized that he was not late, but early, because he traveled east and actually gained 24 hours travel time. If they would have traveled west, they would have lost a day.

http://www.visitlondon.com/

If you want to learn more about London - this site will tell you all about it.  London was the home of Phileas Fogg and where the trip began.  It was also where the Reform Club was.

http://www.suezcanal.gov.eg/

From London, they traveled to Suez and went through the Suez Canal.  This site tells you more about the Suez Canal.  This is where Mr. Fix came into the picture.

http://www.mumbainet.com/

From Suez, they traveled to Bombay, India.  This site gives you more information on Bombay which is now called Mumbai. 

http://www.calcuttaweb.com/history.shtml

From Bombay, they travelled to Calcutta, India.  This site gives you a history of Calcutta.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/hk.html

From Calcutta, they traveled to Hong Kong.  Here is a site on Hong Kong.

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2156.html

From Hong Kong, they traveled to Yokohama, Japan.  Here is a site on Yokohama.

http://www.baycityguide.com/

From Yokohama, they traveled to San Francisco.  Here is a site on San Francisco.

Video Blog

CZamora said...to Pierre McCauley

You had a lot to say in this first blog post. I know that a lot of students like to blog, use twitter, and socialize on facebook, but I am not one of them, so this is more difficult for me. It sounds like you might want to be a teacher they way you explain the purpose for blogging and the "Read for a LIfetime Program" and even offer your suggestions for blog prompts. Good job.

CZamora said...to Josh Darling

Well Josh, I don't want to be the first to bore you with my blogging, but odds are that I will. I am glad that you have changed your opinion about blogging being boring to, now, hopefully exciting. Your page is unique because it is very artistic - interesting background and font choice. Maybe you want to be a web page designer. Creativity seems to be what motivates you. I am disappointed that you thought "Half Brother" was boring. I was thinking of reading that book because it has a monkey on the cover. A MONKEY MAN!

CZamora said...to Jamieson Deamer

This post was not boring. It was entertaining to read. I hope all of your blog posts are as interesting. I like your thoughts on swearing, but I don't think it's appropriate for this class, Sir! I am also a fan of Bruce Lee. Nevermind about your book, just tell us more about you!

.http://www.classicalconnect.com/music/2603

The classical song I selected is 

Symphony No. 5 in c minor, Op.67 (Allegro) by Ludwig Van Beethoven

  I chose this song for my blog because it reminds me of my book "Around the World in 80 days." The song starts out very seriously.  In the start of the book, they go into great detail about how exacting and serious Mr. Phileas Fogg is.  They talk about his exact daily schedule, they way he keeps constant order of his life, and the way he labels all of his clothes so he knows what season to wear them.  Shortly after the serious start, the music surprises you by becoming lighter and quicker which relates to the way Phileas Fogg kind of took his fellow Reform members by surprise when he challenged them that he could make it around the world in 80 days.  He had a reputation for always being exactly on time.


When Mr. Fogg came home and told Passepartout that they were to leave for a trip around the world, Passepartout was completely shocked.  He had to go and sit down in his room for a minute before he gathered a few things for the trip.  The music goes in and out of a long slow beat and then to a quicker tempo.  It goes from loud to soft and back to loud.  When it gets real serious, it reminds me that all but one man from the Reform thinks Phileas Fogg will loose his bet to make it in 80 days.  And Phileas Fogg and Passepartout are off on their journey.  Suddenly, we come to a high point in the song and we're back to surprise and a sense of urgency.  Now Phileas Fogg has been labeled as a bank robber, and Scotland Yard is on the case.

See what lies beneath cover of the skys.

As Neat as a Fogg

Mr. Foggs money.

Around and Around we go

80 days in 80 ways?

Slow and steady

. . . . . .. . .a map

Jump! Jump! Jump!

Good thing this camera guy moved out the way

For protection only.

Dega Vu

When Mr. Fogg takes over!

G.J.---> J.V.