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Gulliver’s travels
Character of Guilliver
Middle-ages, well educated and sensible. Has experince of the world. Differs from the typical traveller.
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Book 3:
Guliver’s ship attacked by pirates. Find himself on the flying island of “Laputa”. The inhabitants are immortal astronomers. The island drops Guliver on Japan.
Book 4:
The last voyage to the island of “Houyhnhnms”. Horses endowed with reason that rule over the Yahoos. The horses banish him, he leaves for England. Joins his family but cannot stand their smell of humanity. Goes to live in the stable.
Book 1:
Guliver sails from Boston. After six month is ship-wrecked. Cast upon the shore of “Lilliput”. The “Lilliputtian” (the inhabitants) are only six inches tall
Book 2:
Guliver sails for India. Find himself in “Brondongnag”. The native are giants. Rescued by a ship, returns to England.
Originality
Constant displacement of the hero. Guliver forced into comparison not with men but with animals. Guliver both as an object and an instrument of satire.
Style
First-person narration. Metter-of-fact prose style. Record of observed details with the precision of a scientific instrument.
Interpretation
A tale for children: Gulliver’s amusing and absurd adventures. A political allegory of Swift’s time. A parody of voyage literature.
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