A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
     Have you ever been curious about something?  Of have you had
a question where you just had to know the answer?  Well this is
what happened to Professor Hardwigg in A Journey to the Centre of
the Earth.  One day, Hardwigg finds an old paper written by an
Icelander.  In this paper it stated if you descend in a certain 
volcano in Iceland, then it would take you to the center of the
earth.  Professor Hardwigg is immediately intrigued by this paper
so he, and his nephew Harry set off for a tremendous Journey
towards the center of the earth.  
     When they arrive in Iceland, Hardwigg and Harry find out
that the volcano that will take them to the center would be a
mount Sneffel.  They hire a guide named Hans and begin their
descend into the gigantic mountain. 
     After a few days of travel, the group's water supply runs
thin, and as they continue, they get more and more thirsty and
dehydrated.  Hardwigg and Harry were so desperate and weak, that
they fall to the ground.  Meanwhile Hans goes into the caverns,
and luckily heard signs of water.  A few hours later, they
finally drink.
     One night, deeper into the caves, Harry decides to do a
little exploring by himself.  As he wanders through the tunnels
he realizes that he is lost, and as he tries to get back, he
wanders even further until finally he was 5 miles apart from his
uncle, and Hans.  While he was walking further, he hits his head
on a rock and gets knocked out.
     When Harry finally awakens, he finds himself reunited with
his uncle and Hans by an underground sea.  Hans builds a raft and
they start sailing across it.  During this ride, they all notice
that the sea was filled with prehistoric extinct animals.  Among
these that they witnessed were giant turtles, and a fight between
two mighty sea monsters.  
     As they drifted further, a terrible storm occurs, and pushes
them back to the same port where they started sailing.  Harry and
Professor Hardwigg were horrified and frustrated, but as they
were these, they were even more determined.
     While Hans is fixing the raft, Harry and Hardwigg take a
stroll down the beach.  During this stroll, they find themselves
on a sort of graveyard where bones are lying.  This is where they
witness the most surprising spectacle of their journey, a
prehistoric man.  This enormous being was about 12 feet tall,
very strong, and not fully formed.  Harry and Hardwigg
immediately run back to the raft astonished.
     After Hans fixed the raft, they sail off again.  This time,
however, they find a beach to land on, in the other side of the
ocean.  There was one more task remaining to continue, they had
to move a huge rock in order to pass.  To do this, they decide to
blow it up with their gunpowder.  They set this up, and out in
sea, they ignite it.  Suddenly, the raft was pulled with great
force, the explosion created an abyss.  
     They were in horrible raging waters for many hours until
they awoke.  After they were all awake, the professor pointed out
that they were ascending at a tremendous rate.  They also noticed
that there was hardly any food left for their journey. 
     After days of starving, and suffering, they noticed that the
temperature was rising, and the water was starting to turn into
lava, they were in the middle of a volcano eruption.  A few hours
past before they were shot out of another volcano, which they
later found was on mount Stromboli next to Sicily, Italy. 
Professor Hardwigg later became famous for this amazing journey,
and known to both believers and non-believers in him throughout
the world.
     I believe the theme of A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
is that if you have a goal that you believe in, then never give
up to accomplish it.  Do not let any distractions get in your
way.  Professor Hardwigg didn't let hunger, thirst, or any other
bad condition get in his way of getting to his unbelievable 
goal.