Journey-to-the-centre-of-the-earth

JourneytothecentreoftheearthMadeby：Sia&SophiaIntroduction•AJourneytotheCentreoftheEarthisaclassic1864sciencefictionnovelbyJulesVerne.•ThestoryinvolvesGermanprofessorOttoLidenbrockwhobelievestherearevolcanictubesgoingtowardthecentreoftheEarth.•He,hisnephewAxel,andtheirguideHansdescendintotheIcelandicvolcanoSnæfellsjökull,encounteringmanyadventures,includingprehistoricanimalsandnaturalhazards,beforeeventuallycomingtothesurfaceagaininsouthernItaly,attheStrombolivolcano.MainCharacters•ProfessorOttoLidenbrock–AmanofscienceandastonishingimpatienceandtheuncletoAxel.•Axel–ThenephewofProfessorLidenbrock,overlycautiousandunadventurousstudent.•HansBjelke–ADanish-speakingIcelandereiderdownhunterwhobecomestheirguide;dependable,resourcefulandimperturbable.•Grauben–ThegoddaughterofProfessorLidenbrock.Plot•ThestorybeginsinMay1863,intheLidenbrockhouseinHamburg,Germany,withProfessorLidenbrockrushinghometoperusehislatestpurchase,anoriginalrunicmanuscriptofanIcelandicsagawrittenbySnorriSturluson.Whilelookingthroughthebook,LidenbrockandhisnephewAxelfindacodednotewritteninrunicscript.LidenbrockandAxeltransliteratetheruniccharactersintoLatinletters,revealingamessagewritteninaseeminglybizarrecode.Lidenbrockattemptsadecipherment,deducingthemessagetobeakindoftranspositioncipher;buthisresultsareasmeaninglessastheoriginal.•ProfessorLidenbrockisamanofastonishingimpatience,anddepartsforIcelandimmediately,takinghisreluctantnephewwithhim.Axel,who,incomparison,iscowardlyandanti-adventurous,repeatedlytriestoreasonwithhim,explaininghisfearsofdescendingintoavolcanoandputtingforwardvariousscientifictheoriesastowhythejourneyisimpossible,butProfessorLidenbrockrepeatedlykeepshimselfblindedagainstAxel'spointofview.AfterarapidjourneyviaLübeckandCopenhagen,theyarriveinReykjavík,wherethetwoprocuretheservicesofHansBjelke(aDanish-speakingIcelandereiderdownhunter)astheirguide,andtraveloverlandtothebaseofthevolcano.•InlateJune,theyreachthevolcano,whichhasthreecraters.AccordingtoSaknussemm'smessage,thepassagetothecentreoftheEarthisthroughtheonecraterthatistouchedbytheshadowofanearbymountainpeakatnoon.However,thetextalsostatesthatthisisonlytrueduringthelastdaysofJune.Duringthenextfewdays,withJulyrapidlyapproaching,theweatheristoocloudyforanyshadows.Axelsilentlyrejoices,hopingthiswillforcehisuncle–whohasrepeatedlytriedtoimpartcouragetohimonlytosucceedinmakinghimevenmorecowardlystill–togiveuptheprojectandreturnhome.AlasforAxel,however,onthesecondtolastday,thesuncomesoutandthemountainpeakshowsthecorrectcratertotake.•Afterdescendingintothecrater,thethreetravellerssetoffintothebowelsoftheEarth,encounteringmanystrangephenomenaandgreatdangers,includingachamberfilledwithcombustiblegas,andsteep-sidedwellsaroundthepath.Aftertakingawrongturn,theyrunoutofwaterandAxelalmostdies,butHanstapsintoaneighbouringsubterraneanriver.LidenbrockandAxelnametheresultingstreamtheHansbachinhishonourandthethreearesaved.Atanotherpoint,Axelbecomesseparatedfromtheothersandislostseveralmilesfromthem.Luckily,astrangeacousticphenomenonallowshimtocommunicatewiththemfromsomemilesaway,andtheyaresoonreunited.•Afterdescendingmanymiles,followingthecourseoftheHansbach,theyreachanunimaginablyvastcavern.Thisundergroundworldislitbyelectricallychargedgasattheceiling,andisfilledwithaverydeepsubterraneanocean,surroundedbyarockycoastlinecoveredinpetrifiedtreesandgiantmushrooms.Thetravelersbuildaraftoutoftreesandsetsail.TheProfessornamesthisseatheLidenbrockSea.Whileonthewater,theyseeseveralprehistoriccreaturessuchasagiantIchthyosaurus,whichfightswithaPlesiosaurusandwins.Afterthebattlebetweenthemonsters,thepartycomesacrossanislandwithahugegeyser,whichLidenbrocknamesAxel'sIsland.javascript:;•Alightningstormagainthreatenstodestroytheraftanditspassengers,butinsteadthrowsthemontothecoastline.Thispartofthecoast,Axeldiscovers,isalivewithprehistoricplantandanimallifeforms,includinggiantinsectsandaherdofmastodons.Onabeachcoveredwithbones,Axeldiscoversanoversizedhumanskull.AxelandLidenbrockventuresomewayintotheprehistoricforest,whereProfessorLidenbrockpointsout,inashakyvoice,aprehistorichuman,morethantwelvefeetinheight,leaningagainstatreeandwatchingaherdofmastodons.Axelcannotbesureifhehasreallyseenthemanornot,andheandProfessorLidenbrockdebatewhetherornotaproto-humancivilizationactuallyexistssofarunderground.Thethreewonderifthecreatureisaman-likeape,oranape-likeman.Thesightingofthecreatureisconsideredthemostalarmingpartofthestory,andtheexplorersdecidethatitisbetternottoalertittotheirpresenceastheyfearitmaybehostile.•Thetravellerscontinuetoexplorethecoastline,andfindapassagewaymarkedbySaknussemmasthewayahead.However,itisblockedbywhatappearstobearecentcave-inandtwoofthethree,HansandtheProfessor,despairatbeingunabletohacktheirwaythroughthegranitewall.Theadventurersplantoblasttherockwithguncottonandpaddleouttoseatoescapetheblast.Uponexecutingtheplan,however,theydiscoverthatbehindtherockfallwasaseeminglybottomlesspit,notapassagetothecentreoftheearth.Thetravellersaresweptawayasthesearushesintothelargeopengapintheground.Aft