“Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.”
About the author
Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish author, satirist, essayist, and poet. He grew up fatherless and under the care of his uncle, he received a bachelor’s degree from Trinity College. He later in life became the Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin. Among many of his books, “Gulliver’s Travels” has won him many awards and recognitions. It was even adapted into movies and TV series.
About the novel
Gulliver’s Travels portrays the four journeys of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship’s surgeon. In Lilliput, he finds a world in little; overshadowing the individuals and their city. He can see their general public from the perspective of a divine being. Be that as it may, in Brobdingnag, a place where there are mammoths, minor Gulliver himself goes under perception, showed as an oddity at business sectors and fairs. In Laputa, a flying island, he experiences a general public of examiners and projectors who have lost all grasp on regular reality; while they plan and ascertain, their nation lies in ruins. Gulliver’s last journey takes him to the place that is known for the Houyhnhnms, delicate ponies whom he rapidly comes to respect – as opposed to the Yahoos, dirty brutal animals who look somewhat like people. This text, based on the main version of 1726, duplicates all the first outlines and incorporates a presentation by Robert Demaria, Jr, which talks about the manners in which Gulliver’s Travels has been deciphered since its first distribution.
Genre: Satire, Fantasy
Tone: Novel
Type: Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Publication Year: 1726
Famous quotes
- “Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.”
- “Undoubtedly, philosophers are in the right when they tell us that nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison.”
- “I winked at my own littleness, as people do at their own faults.”
- “They look upon fraud as a greater crime than theft, and therefore seldom fail to punish it with death; for”
- “I could not sufficiently wonder at the intrepidity of these diminutive mortals, who”
- “Leagues, until we were able to work no longer, being already spent with labor while we were on the ship.”
- “Caesar freely confessed to me that the greatest actions of his own life were not equal, by many degrees, to the glory of taking it away.”
Main Characters
Gulliver- The protagonist and the narrator of the story. He is an intelligent and well-educated man who narrates the story in a creative and detailed style. He is a very real character who has less to no emotional life or attachments.
The Emperor- He is the king of Lilliput. Like most of the people in Lilliput, he too is less than six inches tall. He is a proud ruler who has pride in the fact that he has the most prominent palace and has possession over tall trees.
The Farmer- He was the first master of Gulliver in Brobdingnag. He believes Gulliver to be more intelligent compared to the other population of Lilliput. He exploits Gulliver as a laborer. This almost starves Gulliver to death.
Glumdalclitch- She is the nine-year-old daughter of the farmer. She is about forty-feet tall. She becomes the nursemaid and friend of Gulliver. She teaches the Brobdingnag language to Gulliver. She is an expert in sewing.
The queen- She is the Queen of Brobdingnag who is impressed and delighted by Gulliver’s beauty and charming personality. She decides to buy Gulliver from the farmer for 1000 pieces of gold. She is a simple but powerful queen.
The King- He is an intelligent king who is very well versed in politics and other such disciplines. He is a figure of rational thoughts that discusses the history and institutions of Gulliver’s native land.
