Around the World in Eighty Days · Chapter
XXII explained
Passepartout wakes up on the Carnatic after being drugged in an opium den, realizes he missed informing Fogg about the changed sailing time, and finds himself alone in Yokohama without money.
What happens
Passepartout wakes up on the Carnatic after being drugged in an opium den, realizes he missed informing Fogg about the changed sailing time, and finds himself alone in Yokohama without money. He explores the city, observing the European and Japanese quarters, but struggles with hunger and his predicament.
Themes in this chapter
Determination and Resilience
Passepartout struggles to overcome the effects of the drug and his dire situation, showing resilience as he explores Yokohama.
Cultural Encounter and Imperialism
Passepartout observes the European quarter and native Japanese customs, highlighting cultural contrasts and colonial presence.
Characters to notice
- Passepartout
Wakes up on the Carnatic, realizes his mistake, and wanders Yokohama alone and penniless.
- Fix
Revealed as the traitor who drugged Passepartout to separate him from Fogg.
- Phileas Fogg
Mentioned as having missed the Carnatic due to Passepartout's failure to inform him of the schedule change.
- Aouda
Mentioned as being with Fogg and having missed the steamer.
Key passages
“He saw it all now. He remembered that the time of sailing had been changed, that he should have informed his master of that fact, and that he had not done so.”
Passepartout realized his failure to tell Fogg about the schedule change caused them to miss the boat.
Passepartout's moment of clarity about his mistake.
“He found himself on the way to Japan, and what should he do when he got there? His pocket was empty; he had not a solitary shilling, not so much as a penny.”
Passepartout was en route to Japan with no money and no plan.
Highlights Passepartout's penniless and uncertain situation.