Q2 Blog 1

For second quarter, I am reading "Journey to the Centre of the Earth"  by Jules Verne.  This book has acquired much fame since it was written in 1864, and I have been greatly excited to read this book.  The opening of this book starts out where we meet Martha, Axel, and professor Lindenbrock.  Axel is the professor's nephew and assistant. Martha is their maid.  The opening setting is in Hamburg Germany.  The Story begins with Martha and Axel complaining about the insanity of the good professor.  He bursts in and runs straight up to his office, yelling for Axel and leaving his companions in a total blur. The professor is exclaiming about the rare book he has found.  The book is 700 years old and written in an ancient language.  The Professor can translate this and has problems.  axel figures that it was written backwards.  so far it is a very good book, somewhat confusing but good.  Its a very interesting read as-well, because this is sort of like a view into the past.  You see the type of culture europeans lived during the nineteenth century.