Answer in about 50 words to the questions given below : (4 marks)Q.5 (C) (i) Compare the characters Passepartout and Detective Fix from the novel ‘Around the World in Eighty Days.’

Answer: Passepartout is Fogg’s loyal, cheerful servant who helps him; Fix is the cunning detective who suspects and obstructs him.

Passepartout is Phileas Fogg’s French valet. He is honest, loyal, warm-hearted and cheerful, but also impulsive and careless, which lands him in trouble (as in the temple at Bombay and the opium den in Hong Kong). He bravely rescues Aouda and serves his master devotedly.

Detective Fix is a Scotland Yard officer who wrongly believes Fogg is the bank robber. He is clever, persistent and scheming; he follows Fogg around the world, tries to delay him, deceives Passepartout and finally arrests Fogg in Liverpool, only to learn that the real thief had already been caught.