The presentation of novel entitled The Lost Word by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to fulfill the task of extensive reading 3

1. The Lost Word
By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Achmad Reza Adi Irawan
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2. Characters
1. Professor George Edward Challenger, a zoologist
2. Edward D. Malone, a reporter
3. McArdle, Edward's editor
4. Professor Summerlee, a scientist
5. Lord John Roxton, an adventurer
6. Gomez, brother to a slavemaster Roxton killed
7. Manuel, Gomez's friend
8. Zambo, South American black guide
9. Gladys Hungerton, Edward Malone's selfish love interest
10. Jessie Challenger, Challenger's wife
11. Maple White, a deceased explorer who discovered the lost
world
12. The Accala Indians, the natives of the lost world
13. Ape-men, vicious ape-like creatures who live on the lost world

3. Ch. 1-3
– Malone, a reporter, is falling in love with Gladys Hungerton. She refuse Malone’s
marriage proposal, because she wants to marry a man who has faced the
challenging experience.

4. Ch. 4-5
– McArdle sends Malone to interview Professor George Challenger, who has
stated he discovered living dinosaurs in South America. The professor has
already injured one reporter who has tried to interview him, so Malone knows
he must be thought the way how to interview him easily. Therefore, Malone
asks to be helped of his friend Tarp Henry, a bacteriologist on the staff of
Nature. Tarp allows Malone to use his letterhead on a letter to the professor,
asking him some questions about a lecture he had given. Malone poses as a
student of science, which leads Challenger to agree to see him. It also leads
Challenger to the conclusion, after asking Malone some questions, that Malone
is a journalist.

5. Ch. 6-8
– Malone takes Challenger's trust and he asks Malone to see him speak at a
lecture of the Zoological Institute. There Challenger tears apart the lecturer's
speech and he himself is subjected to ridicule, by some members of the
audience. By this lecturing, a committee is formed to go to South America and
explore Challenger's claims, those who volunteer are Professor Summerlee,
Lord John Roxton, and Malone.

6. Ch. 9-10
– Once the men reach the base of the plateau, which is where the dinosaurs live,
they look for a way to scale the cliffs, that surround the plateau. While they are
exploring they discover the base camp of Maple White, he is the first discoverer
of the plateau. Challenger knew of Maple While, because he had been asked to
save his life, but the man was dead by the time he arrived to help him. He did
discover in Maple White's pocket a sketch book which detailed where the
plateau was and what was on it.

7. Ch. 11-12
– One night, while they are exploring the plateau base, the men roast a pig-like
animal for their supper, when out of the sky a large animal swoops down and
takes the animal. Professor Summerlee has to admit the animal is a pterodactyl,
which allows him and Professor Challenger to become friends.
– The men eventually scale a precipice and using a tree as a bridge, they are able
to reach the plateau. Their joy is short lived after one of the hired natives
purposefully pushes the bridge down and thus strands the men on the plateau.
The hired man does this as revenge for his brother's death at the hand of Lord
John.

8. Ch. 13-14
– During their explorations, the men come upon a pterodactyl rookery in a
volcano pit. They are attacked and escaped, only to find that their camp has
been ransacked by an unknown creature. The next night they hear two
dinosaurs fight and know one of them has been killed. Professor Summerlee is
now insistent that all their energies be directed to finding a way off the island.
– The next evening Ned goes for a walk by himself and discovers caves, which
have light coming from them. He knows these lights are probably produced by
human-like animals. On his return he finds the others gone, because of this he
calls to Zambo, the native who has stayed to help the men, and asks for a rope.

9. Ch. 15-16
– The next morning Lord John returns to the camp and explains to Malone how he
and the others were captured by ape-men and taken prisoner. The two of them
arrive just in time to save Challenger and Summerlee from death. They then join the
Accala tribe. They are successful and the chief's son helps the four men leave the
plateau, so they can return to London.
– Once there, the report they give to the Zoological Institute is met with scepticism,
until Challenger produces a live pterodactyl for all to see. The men are then treated
as conquering heroes.
– Malone finds out that Gladys has married another man. They also discover they are
rich, because Lord John discovered diamonds on the plateau. He shares the money
with the others.

11. Moral value
Someone who believes in a thing, have to hold his or her belief, no matter what
people say