Gullivers Travels
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Gullivers Travels, written by Jonathan Swift, is the story about Lemuel Gulliver, a man from England trained as a surgeon. Gulliver sets to the seas when his business hits the dumps. The story is told in first person point of view. Gulliver narrates the adventures that take place during his travels. The characters in this story are Lemuel Gulliver, the emperor, the farmer, the farmers daughter, the king and queen of Brobdingnag, Lord Munodi, the Yahoos, and the Houyhnhnms. Gulliver is the main character of this story.
Gullivers Travels begins in Lilliput where he finds himself waking up to his shipwreck. He then finds himself surrounded by numerous tiny people called Lilliputians. Hes addressed by the Lilliputians who are wondering what this creature is. The Lilliputians are very protective of their kingdom, so they are not afraid to use violence against Gulliver, even though their arrows have very little effect to Gulliver. Overall, they are giving. They risk famine in their land by feeding Gulliver, who eats more food than a thousand Lilliputians could at one time. Gulliver is taken into the capital city by a very elegant wagon the Lilliputians built just for him. He is introduced to the emperor, who is amused by Gulliver. Gulliver is grateful of the attention he is receiving by the royalty. Later, Gulliver becomes apart of the Lilliputian army. He fights in the war against the people of Blefuscu, who the Lilliputians hate for doctrinal differences concerning the proper way to crack eggs. Things go bad when Gulliver is convicted of treason for putting out a fire in the royal palace with his urine. He is sentenced to be shot in the eyes with poisoned arrows. The emperor eventually excused him and Gulliver goes to Blefuscu, where he is able to repair a boat he finds and set sail for England.
After staying in England with his wife, Mary Burton, and family for two months, Gulliver sets sea for his next voyage, which takes him to a land of giants called Brobdingnag. Here, a farmer finds him and at first treats him as an animal, keeping him for amusement. The farmer, later, sells Gulliver to the queen, who makes him a courtly diversion and entertains people by his musical talent. Later, when a couple of courtly ladies let Gulliver play on their naked bodies, he is not attracted to them and far more disgusted by their enormous