To write this essay, I have chosen a character from Jules Verne's work «Around the World in 80 Days» named Fix. His role in the book is to spy on the main character Phileas Fogg and to obtain a warrant for the latter's arrest.  To make my choice clear, I will give a few arguments.

Firstly, there are no best or worst persons, to my mind, everyone can have both negative and positive traits. And it is difficult to say whether Fix is a good or a bad man.

Secondly, I believe the ambiguous character of Fix reveals and complements the story much better. In my opinion, the tenacity of the detective and his sense of justice are very valuable qualities both for the story and for the development of the plot. Fix pursues Fogg with mental anguish until the end of his trip around the world.  But then he only gets a punch in the jaw for his wastet labour.

After all, the criminal turned out to be a completely different person. His unenviable fate is also important for adding comedy to the plot and at the same time tension for the characters.

 The inconsistency of the chosen personage and the absurdity of the situations in which he finds himself seem to me very attractive. So, I consider Fix to be a positive character.

Чувахина Анастасия Алексеевна, ученица 9 Б класса МАОУ СОШ № 12 имени маршала Советского Союза К.К. Рокоссовского г. Великие Луки Псковской области 

Учитель английского языка - Тимофеева Марина Алексеевна.