Analysis Of Jules Verne's Journey To The Center Of The Earth

When someone goes through a difficult situation, they have two choices: they can either give up or push through the situation and overcome it. It all corresponds to morals. If someone gives up, then they do not have high morals. Journey to the Center of the Earth is a novel written by Jules Verne about a group of people who uncover reports of a passage to the center of the earth. The main character and narrator, Axel, takes the reader through their journey and the obstacles they face. Professor Lidenbrock’s persistent attitude and the approach that the whole crew takes on the difficult circumstances they come across throughout Jules Verne's Journey to The Center of the Earth illustrates the theme "Never give up no matter how difficult the

The story starts as the professor finds an ancient runic manuscript by Snorre Tarleson with a note in it written by Arne Saknussemm. The professor and Axel spend a very long trying to figure out what this note says. They rearrange the letters in many ways and just cannot solve, what seems to be, this impossible puzzle. “No, dear Martha, he won’t eat any more, and no one else in the house either! Uncle Lidenbrock is going to make us all fast until he succeeds in deciphering an old scroll that is absolutely undecipherable!” (Verne 20). Professor is a very stubborn and relentless man, and when he gets excited, he launches into this mode of inspiration that is at times crazy and mad. Because of this, when he sees this manuscript and note, he is pushed into this mode and will not give up, even though decoding the note seems impossible. Axel knows this, and knows that until Lidenbrock solves this mystery, he is going to make himself go insane, and the whole house suffer. With this knowledge, he decides to see if he can find something himself. He inspects the note and starts to feel hot, so he starts fanning himself with the note, and something unthinkable happens. “A sudden light burst in on me; these hints alone gave me the first glimpse of the truth; I had discovered

Professor Lidenbrock, Axel, and Hans are deep into the volcano, Snaefells and their water supply is decreasing at an alarming rate. Axel is beginning to grow weak, so the Professor gives him the rest of the water that they have left. He gains energy and thinks that they are going to head back, but knowing the professor, Lidenbrock has different ideas. “What kind of man was I dealing with, and what plans was his daring mind hatching yet? “What! you don’t want to…?” “Give up this expedition just when all the signs are that it can succeed! Never!” (Verne 113)). Professor Lidenbrock seems to be ten steps ahead of whatever situation he is in. In this case, Lidenbrock has different options of how it is going to play out in his mind because of his extreme passion in the journey. This means that the professor is not going to give up because he thinks that he is going succeed no matter what. However, Axel does not feel the same way. In fact, he feels the exact opposite way, as per usual. But not long after this, he had found it not to be the case. “The pickaxe had soon penetrated two feet into the granite partition. The work had lasted more than an hour. I writhed with impatience! My uncle wanted to use more forceful measures. I had some difficulty stopping him and he had already taken a pickaxe in his hand, when a sudden hissing was