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Book Title: Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne 

Reflect 

I was very amazed with the courage that Mr. Lindeinbrock has. He was very brave to go to the center of the earth. He never lost hope that he can reach the center. He is also an intelligent scholar. His intelligence and cleverness is what I admire the most. His mind always works and finds bright ideas. He always finds answers to Axel's question and gives solutions to thier problem. 

Connect 

This story reminds me of the movie "National Treasure" starring Nicholas Sparks because both of them tells not only stories but knowledge about how amazing our world can be. In the movie, they found the treasure by following many difficult clues and solving many problems and in the novel, they travelled to the center of the earth and they went to many challenges and overcome them. Both of them lost hope at the middle of their stories, that they will never find what their looking for and it does not exist, but they still continued to find it and they never gave up which led them to victory. Eventhough in the novel Mr. Lideinbrock, Axel and Hans never reached the center of the earth it is still a victory because they are still alive. In the movie, they found the treasure and became successful. Although they are both Science Fiction, I was really convinced that some of the events happened and it is true. 

Question 

I wonder why Mr. Lindeinbrock really wanted to go the center of the earth. I know that he is a scholar but why did he chose to go to a journey even if he is not sure if he can reach the center of the earth. I also wonder why the author did not made the characters of the novel reach the center of the earth. I could not also understand, in the last part, why he made the direction of the compass point south which they thought north and led them to disaster. 

Prediction 

I think that they will reach the center of the earth and they will be famous when they go back to the land. I think that they can encourage many people to explore the earth. I also think that the attitude of Axel's uncle will change and he will marry Grauben.

Part two 

8. I really thought that the main character can reach the center of the earth but it not happened. I was really confused why the author mixed up the events and did not made the characters reach the center of the earth. I don't really understand his point or purpose on doing that. In the second to the last chapter, I can almost see the end, things began to change. I thought that event would bring them to the center of the earth but I was wrong. The decision they made brought them to a disaster. They thought that the arrow of the compass still points at the north but because of some electromagnetic activity, it changed the position of the arrow and it turned to be pointing at the south. They disovered it when they were out of the volcano. I felt really sad when they did not reached the center of the earth. Their journey has been difficult and they deserved to reach the center of the earth. Up to now, I'am still finding reasons on the author's purpose, is it for the best? 

5. In the first part Axel's Uncle-Otto Lindeinbrock, was very serious and a stone-hearted guy. They have stock of food supplies. They always have hope that they can reach the center of the earth and believed that Akne Saknussemm is right. The needle points at the north. 

I discovered that Axel's Uncle is also a kind and soft hearted man because he always think on.the situation of Axel. The first thing that I feared is the food supplies. I thought that their food will not last and they will starve to death but Axel's uncle brought many foods which can last for three more months. In the middle part of the story, they almost lose their hope but they regained it when they found a clue that Saknussemm went to that direction. When they sailed across the wide ocean, they thought that they reached the other part of of the ocean but they realized that they just thrown back by the waves to where they started. Theylost hope but it turned to be a blessing in disguise because that was where the center of the earth is located. After they land on the island, they traveled the island by following the compass pointing to north and discovered a cave which lies the center of the earth. There was a big stone covering the opening of the cave and they exploded it. That was a wrong decision. There are waters behind that rock which carried them to the top of the volcano and they lost their food supplies. Soon they realized that the neddle points south that caused them to go to the opposite direction. If the neddle still points at the north, I think they will reach the center of the earth.