My Featured Novel

My Featured Novel

I. About the Novel: The Mysterious Island

The Mysterious Island (French: L'Île mystérieuse) is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains a number of illustrations by Jules Férat. The novel is a crossover sequel to Verne's famousTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and In Search of the Castaways, though its themes are vastly different from those books. An early draft of the novel, initially rejected by Verne's publisher and wholly reconceived before publication, was titled Shipwrecked Family: Marooned With Uncle Robinson, seen as indicating the influence on the novel of Robinson Crusoe^[1] and The Swiss Family Robinson. Verne developed a similar theme in his later novel, Godfrey Morgan (French: L'École des Robinsons, 1882).

During the Civil War a group of Union soldiers and two Confederates escape the stockade using a hot air balloon and end up on a strange Pacific island.

Works Cited （参考文献）
"The Mysterious Island." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 07 June 2016.

IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 03 June 2016.

II. Versions of the Novel in the Mass Media

Movie versions

Anime versions

III. About the Author

He was born in Nantes in 1828. His father was very logical people. But his mother was a strong people. He likes math but he takes average score in his school exam. He stated write novel  in 1863. This novel is 『Five weeks in a balloon』. This has a good reputation then he became popular author.

IV. My Reaction

A. Reaction Point - character

• This story's character
• This short story's characters are 4 people and a dog. They are clever. Sometimes they meets difficult,but they gets over beat theirs brains.

B. Reaction Point - setting

• Repetition
• Just as a title say, this story is mysterious. Sometimes character say 'It's very mysterious'
• 'It's very mysterious,' said Spillet. (p9) 'It's very mysterious,' said Cyrus Smith.(11) etc...

D. My General Opinion
This is adventure story so it is difficult for me to lay over I and character. But I　learned to that knowledge is very important. If I were arrived the mysterious island, I will die because I have no idea practical.   I thought I want to absorb various knowledge.