"The eccentric gentleman had throughout displayed all his marvellous qualities of coolness and exactitude."
- A quote about Phileas Fogg's attitude throughout the story, pg. 163
Other than the fact that Phileas Fogg is a gentleman, most would consider him to be very abnormal and very precise. He likes to be exact with his times and would dare to fire any valet that does not suit to his liking. When he hires Jean Passepartout, he makes a gamble with his fellow Reform Club members which says he can travel the world in 80 days. There is a cost at stake and everyone believes he is absurd. The man is rich, yet no one knows how he attains his fortune. But he's willing to sacrifice money for his friends and also uses it due to his determination in his travel. He even gave Detective Fix some cash, even when Fix was the antagonist for half the story.
Since Phileas is very calm and is rarely excited, his traits were a deciding factor in whether or not he would be able to travel around the world. At this time, someone robs a bank and Phileas Fogg was accused of being the culprit. While this proved to be a minor setback, his preciseness helped him gain a day while traveling around the world. During his trek, he rescued Aouda, spent lots of money, played whist and lived out of a carpet bag. Because Detective Fix tried to sabotage his trip, there were many times where Fogg had to bribe a shipowner to be able to get to his next destination. He has a journal in which he notes down where he arrives and when. Although he makes an error in the dates, it is still very accurate in mathematical terms.
Near the end, Phileas Fogg is convinced that he exceeded the allotted time to travel the world and almost loses the bet. But he realizes that he made a mistake in counting the time because he passed over the International Dateline. Passepartout tells him this and succeeds. He had gained a day while traversing the globe. Phileas arrives at the Reform Club just in the nick of time to win his wager and wins a lovely wife over the course of his endeavor. That lovely wife just happens to be Aouda.
Since Phileas is very calm and is rarely excited, his traits were a deciding factor in whether or not he would be able to travel around the world. At this time, someone robs a bank and Phileas Fogg was accused of being the culprit. While this proved to be a minor setback, his preciseness helped him gain a day while traveling around the world. During his trek, he rescued Aouda, spent lots of money, played whist and lived out of a carpet bag. Because Detective Fix tried to sabotage his trip, there were many times where Fogg had to bribe a shipowner to be able to get to his next destination. He has a journal in which he notes down where he arrives and when. Although he makes an error in the dates, it is still very accurate in mathematical terms.
Near the end, Phileas Fogg is convinced that he exceeded the allotted time to travel the world and almost loses the bet. But he realizes that he made a mistake in counting the time because he passed over the International Dateline. Passepartout tells him this and succeeds. He had gained a day while traversing the globe. Phileas arrives at the Reform Club just in the nick of time to win his wager and wins a lovely wife over the course of his endeavor. That lovely wife just happens to be Aouda.