The Extraordinary Adventures of Saturnino Farandola story
Saturnino Farandola goes on a series of extraordinary adventures.
8 total · 3 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| human vs. captivity | major | Misora held captive by the evil Professor Cocknuff; Minister Nao-Ching held Saturnino and Misora and crew captive and sentenced all to death; Nile expedition party held captive by a troop of gorillas; Saturnino held captive by band of Native Americans |
| land exploration | major | Saturnino found the source of the Nile, explored Siam, and went to the Americas to live in a village of beavers called Beaveropolis. |
| the need for adventure | major | Saturnino and Misora travel the world getting into one adventure after another, including an encounter with a whale at the bottom of the sea, finding the lost white elephant of the Siamese king, going to the source of the Nile, and taking a cruise along the coast of the Americas |
| feral children in society | minor | Saturnino is raised from early childhood by ape-men on a remote island, and reintegrates into society after he is rescued at sea |
| human vs. beast | minor | Saturnino and his crew track down a whale that swallowed up his wife while the pair were exploring the sea floor in diving suits; Saturnino slays a lion near the source of the Nile |
| husband and wife | minor | Saturnino and Misora |
| rise to prominence from humble beginnings | minor | Saturnino went from being a feral child to being elected ship captain my his fellow crewmen. |
| romantic love | minor | Saturnino and and his wife Misora |