Concetti Chiave
- The Lost World, authored by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1912, follows an expedition in the Amazon rainforest to discover living dinosaurs.
- Journalist Edward Malone joins the expedition led by Professor Challenger to impress his love interest, Gladys Hungerton.
- The expedition team includes Malone, Professor Challenger, Professor Summerlee, and hunter Lord John Roxton.
- In the Amazon, they find evidence of dinosaurs, including footprints and sightings of pterodactyls, validating Professor Challenger's claims.
- After rescuing their companions from apemen and proving the existence of dinosaurs, the explorers return to England and gain wealth from selling discovered blue stones.
The Lost World was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1912. This book describes the adventure of a group of people in the Amazon rain forest.
La proposta di Edward
The story begins when the journalist Edward D. Malone (the narrator) proposes to Gladys Hungerton, but she refuse to marry him because he is not a hero. Some times later Edward met Professor Challenger, a famous zoologist who claims that in the middle of Amazon forest there is a land inhabited by dinosaurs and giant reptiles. When he proposes an expedition to check his theories, Edward decides to join the expedition to impress Gladys. He leaves with two scientists, Professor Challenger and Professor Summerlee, and a hunter, Lord John Roxton.
Arrivo a Macanos
After days of travel by boat, the group arrives in Macanos, the place where their search for the Lost World starts. After many adventures, the explorers reach their destination, Mapple White Land, the characters find evidences of the existence of dinosaurs: they find a huge dinosaur footprint and they see pterodactyls.
One night the journalist decides to explore the nearly lake, because he is too excited to sleep, but when he comes back to the camp his friends have disappeared.
In the morning, he is woken by Sir John, who explains that the scientists have been taken prisoners by a group of apemen and that they were going to throw Summerlee off a climb. Mr. Malone frees his companions by shooting the apemen.
Ritorno in Inghilterra
After helping a group of Indians to fight the apemen, the explorers decide to return to England. They bring a baby pterodactyl with them to prove the existence of dinosaurs. Finally, after selling a few blue stones found by Sir John in the Highlands, all the explorers become very rich.
Domande da interrogazione
- Qual è il motivo principale per cui Edward D. Malone decide di unirsi alla spedizione nella foresta amazzonica?
- Quali prove trovano gli esploratori che confermano l'esistenza dei dinosauri nella terra di Mapple White?
- Come riescono gli esploratori a dimostrare l'esistenza dei dinosauri al loro ritorno in Inghilterra?
Edward D. Malone decide di unirsi alla spedizione per impressionare Gladys Hungerton, che lo aveva rifiutato perché non lo considerava un eroe.
Gli esploratori trovano un'enorme impronta di dinosauro e vedono dei pterodattili, confermando così l'esistenza dei dinosauri.
Gli esploratori portano con sé un cucciolo di pterodattilo per dimostrare l'esistenza dei dinosauri al loro ritorno in Inghilterra.
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