Around the World in Eighty Days · Character
Fix
A dogged Scotland Yard detective who shadows Fogg across three continents, convinced the gentleman is the Bank of England robber in flight.
major
Also known as Mr. Fix, Monsieur Fix, detective Fix
First appearance: VI
As a major figure in Around the World in Eighty Days, Fix is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Sends a telegraph from Suez to Scotland Yard identifying Phileas Fogg as the bank robber.
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Fix first spots his quarry at Suez and spends the journey scheming to detain him on English soil until an arrest warrant catches up. His professional vanity and growing unease create a strange tension: the more he…
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14 connectionsA slice of how Fix sits in the book — open the reader for the full interactive map.
Relationship types
- Rivalry
- Social
- Other
Character groups
- Fogg's traveling companions
- Protagonist
- Minor characters and helpers
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Open in readerNarrative arc
Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This chapter marks the dramatic climax because it presents the highest physical and symbolic point of the jour…
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- Passepartout
rivalry · negative
Fix, a detective, manipulates and shadows Passepartout in an attempt to gather evidence… How this plays out →
- Phileas Fogg
rivalry · negative
- Aouda
rivalry · negative
- Sir Francis Cromarty
social · ambivalent
- Colonel Stamp Proctor
rivalry · negative
- Phileas Fogg
rivalry · negative
- Passepartout
rivalry · negative
Fix, a detective, manipulates and shadows Passepartout in an attempt to gather evidence… How this plays out →
- Passepartout
rivalry · negative
Fix, a detective, manipulates and shadows Passepartout in an attempt to gather evidence… How this plays out →
- Sir Francis Cromarty
social · ambivalent
- Phileas Fogg
rivalry · negative
- Aouda
rivalry · negative
- Sir Francis Cromarty
social · ambivalent
Relationship notes
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See Fix in VIIn the story
Fix appears across 26 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.
- Chapter V: In which a new species of funds, unknown to the moneyed men, appears on 'Change.
- VI
- VII
- In which Passepartout talks rather more, perhaps, than is prudent
- IX
- In which Passepartout is only too glad to get off with the loss of his shoes
- XV
- XVI
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