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Adventure in Lilliput
This is the very first land that Gulliver explores. He awakens to be tied down and surrounded by Lilliputans. Gulliver then goes to be a national idol, by helping the Lilliputans in wars. Gulliver was considered a hero in Lillput. He was banished from Lilliput due to him extinguishing a fire in the royal palace. This was seen as treason by the emperor and he was sent away to never return. -
Adventures to Brobdingnag
Gulliver is caught off guard by the vicious storms and is thrown ashore of Bribdingnag. He is then found by a farmer that exploits Gulliver for money. Gulliver is sick of this and is later sold to the Queen of the land only to be spoiled by her. The king however studys Gulliver and asks of him where he is from and what it is like there. Gulliver is carried by the Queen in a box made for him. He is thrown into the sea by a giant eagle and rescued by sailors who bring him back to England. -
Experience in Laputa
Gulliver was saved by the flying island of Laputa as he was marooned after pirates attacke his ship. Laputa is devoted to the arts and music but cannot use them to a practical end. Glubbdubdrib is part of Laputa and it is here that Gulliver is witnessing the conjuring of famous figures from history such as Julius Caesar. After visiting the Luggnaggians, Gulliver is able to sail to Japna from here and back to England. -
Adventure in Houyhnhnms
Gulliver sets out as caprain of the ship but is overthrown due to a mutiny of his crew. Abandoned in a landing boat, Gulliver comes across a savage humanoid species, he then comes acroos the smart horses known as the Houyhnhnms, while they hate on the Yahoos which are bascially human beings. Gulliver comes to hate these Yahoos after being expelled from the land. He largely avoids his family and begins to talk to the horses in his stable ultimately going insane. -
Jonathan Swift
Born on November 30, 1667, Irish author, clergyman and satirist Jonathan Swift grew up fatherless. Under the care of his uncle, he received a bachelor's degree from Trinity College and then worked as a statesman's assistant. Eventually, he became dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. Most of his writings were published under pseudonyms. He best remembered for his 1726 book Gulliver's Travels. -
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Gulliver's Travels began life not as the work of a single man, but as a group project. The idea originated with the Scriblerus Club, a group including Swift, John Gay, Alexander Pope and John Arbuthno. The Scriblerus Club was a group of writers and wits devoted to satirising what they perceived as the folly of modern scholarship and science. They invented an author and pedant called Martinus Scriblerus, and wrote an imaginary biography of him, which was finally published in 1741 -
