Question

Write a summary that expressly states the central idea or theme of the text in four or five sentences. The goal is to be as concise and direct as possible with your information. The summary should cover Chapters 29 and 30 of the book. You may want to begin with a pre-writing activity and make a list of all the important events, then isolate which of those are central ideas or themes that Verne is attempting to convey. Use those ideas within your text. Submit only your final summary sentences.

THIS IS JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH!

Answer 1

When Alex regained memory again he was very weak because he had been lost for 4 days,.The next morning he woke up,  and he heard something, They were the waves and the wind. Alex thought it was a hallucination.

The next  day, when he could open his eyes, he did not believe that the ocean was in front of him with a  deeply indented shore  lined with a breadth of fine shining sand, softly lapped by the waves.

Alex thought of the theory of an English captain, who likened the earth to a vast hollow sphere, in the interior of which the air became luminous because of the vast pressure that weighed upon it .

Finally he realized they were the only living creatures in this subterranean world.

Answer 2

- Before to recover his memory and awake, Axel felt touched when he saw his uncle worried about his state, above all when he requested Axel don’t separate more.

- Axel saw a light ray outside and listened to waves of the sea and the wind blows. He thought they were on the surface of the earth and that his uncle had finished his mission or maybe he had given up. After, he noticed they did not arrive on earth yet and thought he was getting mad.

- Professor asked Axel to take a rest because he was weak and needed to recuperate more. However, Axel insisted to go out when his uncle told him that the next day they would embark.

- When he went out,  he looked that there was an ocean with a savage appearance with fine and gold sand, an inclining beach, and a beautiful light that was not like the warm sun, but also a similar combination between the moonlight and the Northern lights, instead of the hot there was cold.

- Axel affirmed there were no words to describe the wonderful things there were in the island. He just admired the hot springs, white fungus and faded trees among others amazing things.