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1. What circumstance brings Phileas Fogg and Jean Passepartout together?

Phileas Fogg has just terminated his servant for failing to bring his shaving water at the required temperature, and Jean Passepartout comes to interview as the previous servant's replacement. Passepartout is looking for employment with a stable English gentleman.

2. Describe Phileas Fogg and Jean Passepartout. How are the two different?

Phileas Fogg is an English Gentleman who does not need to work. He has an air of self-assurance, self-confidence, and a sense of control. He spends most of his time at the Reform Club of London. Jean Passepartout is a a pleasant, portly Frenchman with friendly blue eyes and curly dark hair. He is a little more dynamic than Fogg. Passepartout is a person who lives life and enjoys the world moving around him. Fogg is characterized as a proper English gentleman who believes he knows a great deal about the world.

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