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The era covers the period from 1714 to 1830. It was a time of immense social change in Britain, with the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution which began the process of intensifying class divisions, and the emergence of rival political parties like the Whigs and Tories.

The book was created in the Georgian era. It is a period of British history which takes its name from, and is normally defined as spanning the reigns of the first four Hanoverian kings of Great Britain who were all named George: George I, George II,George III and George IV.

Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.

Occupation:Occupation:•SatiristSatirist•EssayistEssayist•Political pamphleteerPolitical pamphleteer•PoetPoet•PriestPriestLanguage:Language: EnglishEnglishNationality: IrishNationality: IrishNotable works:Notable works:•Gulliver's TravelsGulliver's Travels•A Modest ProposalA Modest Proposal•A Tale of a TubA Tale of a Tub•Drapier's LettersDrapier's Letters

Swift was a prolific writer, notable for his satires. He originally published all of his works under pseudonyms – such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, Drapier's Letters as MB Drapier – or anonymously. He is also known for being a master of two styles of satire, the Horatian and Juvenalian styles. Swift's first major prose work, A Tale of a Tub, demonstrates many of the themes and stylistic techniques he would employ in his later work. In February 1702, Swift received his Doctor of Divinity degree from Trinity College, Dublin.

Gulliver’s Travels recounts the story of Lemuel Gulliver, a practical-minded Englishman trained as a surgeon who takes to the seas when his business fails. In a deadpan first-person narrative that rarely shows any signs of self-reflection or deep emotional response, Gulliver narrates the adventures that befall him on these travels.

FULL TITLE  ·  Gulliver’s Travels, or, Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, by Lemuel Gulliver

AUTHOR  · Jonathan Swift

TYPE OF WORK  · Novel

GENRE  · Satire

LANGUAGE  · English

TIME AND PLACE WRITTEN  · Approximately 1712–1726, London and Dublin

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION  · 1726

PUBLISHER  · George Faulkner

NARRATOR  · Lemuel Gulliver

POINT OF VIEW  · Gulliver speaks in the first person. He describes other characters and actions as they appear to him.

TONE  · Gulliver’s tone is gullible and naïve during the first three voyages; in the fourth, it turns cynical and bitter. The intention of the author, Jonathan Swift, is satirical and biting throughout.

TENSE  · Past

SETTING (TIME)  · Early eighteenth century

SETTING (PLACE)  · Primarily England and the imaginary countries of Lilliput, Blefuscu, Brobdingnag, Laputa, and the land of the Houyhnhnms

PROTAGONIST  · Lemuel Gulliver

MAJOR CONFLICT  · On the surface, Gulliver strives to understand the various societies with which he comes into contact and to have these societies understand his native England. Below the surface, Swift is engaged in a conflict with the English society he is satirizing.

RISING ACTION  · Gulliver’s encounters with other societies eventually lead up to his rejection of human society in the fourth voyage

CLIMAX · Gulliver rejects human society in the fourth voyage, specifically when he shuns the generous Don Pedro as a vulgar Yahoo

FALLING ACTION  · Gulliver’s unhappy return to England accentuates his alienation and compels him to buy horses, which remind him of Houyhnhnms, to keep him company

THEMES  · Might versus right; the individual versus society; the limits of human understanding

MOTIFS  · Excrement; foreign languages; clothing

SYMBOLS  · Lilliputians; Brobdingnagians; Laputans; Houyhnhnms; England

FORESHADOWING  · Gulliver’s experiences with various flawed societies foreshadow his ultimate rejection of human society in the fourth voyage.

The Individual Versus SocietyLike many narratives about voyages to nonexistent lands, Gulliver’s Travels explores the idea of utopia—an imaginary model of the ideal community.

The Limits of Human UnderstandingThe idea that humans are not meant to know everything and that all understanding has a natural limit is important in Gulliver’s Travels.

Might Versus RightGulliver’s Travels implicitly poses the question of whether physical power or moral righteousness should be the governing factor in social life. 

Foreign LanguagesGulliver appears to be a gifted linguist, knowing at least the basics of several European languages and even a fair amount of ancient Greek. This knowledge serves him well, as he is able to disguise himself as a Dutchman in order to facilitate his entry into Japan, which at the time only admitted the Dutch.

Lilliputians

The Lilliputians symbolize humankind’s wildly excessive pride in its own puny existence. Swift fully intends the irony of representing the tiniest race visited by Gulliver as by far the most vainglorious and smug, both collectively and individually. There is surely no character more odious in all of Gulliver’s travels than the noxious Skyresh. Gulliver is a naïve consumer of the Lilliputians’ grandiose imaginings: he is flattered by the attention of their royal family and cowed by their threats of punishment, forgetting that they have no real physical power over him. 

England

As the site of his father’s disappointingly “small estate” and Gulliver’s failing business, England seems to symbolize deficiency or insufficiency, at least in the financial sense that matters most to Gulliver. England is passed over very quickly in the first paragraph of Chapter I, as if to show that it is simply there as the starting point to be left quickly behind. Gulliver seems to have very few nationalistic or patriotic feelings about England, and he rarely mentions his homeland on his travels.

Gulliver's Travels has been the recipient of several designations: from Menippean satire to a children's story, from proto-Science Fiction to a forerunner of the modern novel.

Gulliver -  The narrator and protagonist of the story. Although Lemuel Gulliver’s vivid and detailed style of narration makes it clear that he is intelligent and well educated, his perceptions are naïve and gullible. He has virtually no emotional life, or at least no awareness of it, and his comments are strictly factual. Gulliver never thinks that the absurdities he encounters are funny and never makes the satiric connections between the lands he visits and his own home. Gulliver’s naïveté makes the satire possible, as we pick up on things that Gulliver does not notice.

Glumdalclitch -  The farmer’s nine-year-old daughter, who is forty feet tall. Glumdalclitch becomes Gulliver’s friend and nursemaid, hanging him to sleep safely in her closet at night and teaching him the Brobdingnagian language by day. She is skilled at sewing and makes Gulliver several sets of new clothes, taking delight in dressing him. To Glumdalclitch, Gulliver is basically a living doll, symbolizing the general status Gulliver has in Brobdingnag.

The emperor -  The ruler of Lilliput. Like all Lilliputians, the emperor is fewer than six inches tall. His power and majesty impress Gulliver deeply, but to us he appears both laughable and sinister. Because of his tiny size, his belief that he can control Gulliver seems silly, but his willingness to execute his subjects for minor reasons of politics or honor gives him a frightening aspect. 

The farmer - Gulliver’s first master in Brobdingnag. The farmer speaks to Gulliver, showing that he is willing to believe that the relatively tiny Gulliver may be as rational as he himself is, and treats him with gentleness.

The queen - The queen of Brobdingnag, who is so delighted by Gulliver’s beauty and charms that she agrees to buy him from the farmer for 1,000 pieces of gold. She is by no means a hero, but simply a pleasant, powerful person.

The king - The king of Brobdingnag, who, in contrast to the emperor of Lilliput, seems to be a true intellectual, well versed in political science among other disciplines.

1. How does Gulliver end up stranded in Lilliput?

(A) He survives a shipwreck

(B) His crew abandons him

(C) He is dropped there by an enormous eagle

(D) He stops there for provisions and is trapped while he sleeps

2.How do the Lilliputians offer Gulliver something to drink?(A) They break down their town reservoir(B) They divert a river(C) They summon the rains(D) They roll out barrels of wine

3.How does Gulliver earn the title of Nardac in Lilliput?(A) By capturing the Blefuscudian fleet(B) By putting out the fire in the empress’s quarters(C) By showing lenience toward a group of soldiers who earlier attack him(D) By helping the Lilliputians construct a new palace4.Instead of killing him outright, the Lilliputians decide on which of the following punishments for Gulliver?(A) Blinding him and slowly starving him to death(B) Exiling him(C) Cutting off his hands(D) Poisoning him

5.What is the line of doctrine over which the Blefuscudians and Lilliputians differ?

(A) “All true believers shall break their eggs at the small end.”

(B) “All true believers shall break their eggs at the big end.”

(C) “All true believers shall break their eggs as they see fit.”

(D) “All true believers shall break their eggs at the convenient end.”

6.Who is Gulliver’s main caretaker in Brobdingnag?(A) The farmer(B) The queen(C) Reldresal(D) Glumdalclitch

7.How does Gulliver leave Brobdingnag?(A) He builds himself a sailboat(B) He is exiled(C) He is carried away by a giant eagle(D) He is taken back to England by Don Pedro8.Who first discovers Gulliver in Brobdingnag?(A) The farmer(B) A field worker(C) Glumdalclitch(D) Lord Munodi

9.What does the farmer make Gulliver do in order to earn money?(A) Perform tricks for spectators(B) Spy on neighboring farmers(C) Work in the fields(D) Kill rats

10.Who is Gulliver’s main enemy in the royal court of Brobdingnag?

(A) The dwarf

(B) The king

(C) The queen

(D) Reldresal

11.What human invention does Gulliver propose to the king of Brobdingnag that the king finds revolting?(A) Gunpowder(B) Christianity(C) Lawyers(D) Lying

12.How does Gulliver end up in Laputa?(A) Pirates attack his ship(B) His crew mutinies(C) He is shipwrecked(D) He stops there for provisions

13.What do “flappers” do for the people of Laputa?(A) Keep them cool by fanning them(B) Protect them from birds and insects(C) Keep them engaged in conversations(D) Introduce them to other people14.Why does Gulliver seem stupid to the Laputans?(A) He does not speak their language(B) He is ignorant of music and mathematics(C) He is unwilling to use a flapper(D) He does not understand how the floating island works

15.Which of the following places does Gulliver visit last?(A) Brobdingnag(B) Lilliput(C) Houyhnhnmland(D) Laputa