Gulliver’s Travels
Novel
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Jonathan Swift
Gulliver’s Travels Main Text
PART I. A VOYAGE TO LILLIPUT.
CHAPTER I.
The author gives some account of himself and family. His first inducements to travel. He is shipwrecked, and swims for his life, gets safe on shore in the country of Lilliput; is made a prisoner, and carried up the country.
My father had a small estate in Nottinghamshire; I was the third of five sons. He sent me to Emanuel College in Cambridge at fourteen y...
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Gulliver's Travels Key Info
Full Title: Gulliver’s Travels (Original Title: Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, by Lemuel Gulliver)
Author: Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
Titles of the Author: Master Satirist, Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Source: Original work, inspired by real travel narratives and satire on contemporary society
Written Time: 1720–1725
First Published: 1726
Published Dates: 1726 (first edition)...
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Gulliver’s Travels Character
Characters- Voyage 1: A Voyage to Lilliput.
Major Characters
Gulliver: Protagonist. He is an English doctor and sailor. He is much bigger than the tiny Lilliputians. He is kind and tries to help the tiny people, but sometimes he gets into trouble because he is a giant in their land.
Emperor of Lilliput: Ruler of Lilliput. He is small in size but has a big ego. He likes power and wants to use...
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Gulliver’s Travels Themes
Adventure and Curiosity: Gulliver is always eager to travel, explore, and discover new lands. His curiosity leads him to visit strange places like Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, and the land of the Houyhnhnms. Each place is different and full of surprises and dangers. The story shows that adventure and curiosity can lead to learning and growth, but they can also bring trouble and risks.
Human Natu...
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Figures of Speech
Metaphor: When something is described as something else, without using “like” or “as.” Gulliver starts to see his own people as Yahoos, showing human nature as wild or animal-like.
Irony: When the opposite of what is expected happens, or what is said means something else. Gulliver considers himself civilized but ends up admiring horses (Houyhnhnms) and despising humans.
Allusion:...
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Gulliver’s Travels Quotations
“Undoubtedly, philosophers are in the right when they tell us that nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison.” (Part II, Chapter I: A Voyage to Brobdingnag)
Explanation: Gulliver realizes that size, importance, and power are all relative; what seems big in one context is small in another. This theme is especially visible in Lilliput and Brobdingnag.
“I cannot but conclude the bulk of...
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