Gulliver's Travels
This is the story of Lemuel Gulliver.
He is an Englishman ,surgeon but fails in business. He goes on Sea voyages.
Gulliver's adventure begins in Lilliput. People of this island are six inches. Who protect there land from him. Or they uses violence against him but that is merely like pinpricks. They are hospitable, risking famine in their land by feeding Gulliver because he consumes more food than a thousands Lilliputians. Than Gulliver presented in front of the emperor,Gulliver entertains him. Eventually he becomes a national resources, who helps them in war against the people of Blefuscu, Whom Lilliputians hate for how to crack eggs. Also Gulliver urinate when fire takes place on kingdom ,than Gulliver escapes to Blefuscu ,from there he repairs boat and sail for England.
After two months again he goes on another voyage and that is on the land of giants called Brobdingnag . People of this land are sixty foot taller. A field worker discovers him. He sells him to the queen. Ladies let him play on their naked bodies but he feels disgusted by their enormous skin pores. King of that land knows nothing about politics. Various animals of the realm that endanger his life. Gulliver leaves Brobdingnag when his cage is plucked up by an eagle and dropped into the sea.
Than he goes to Laputa. Where he sees the theoreticians and academics oppresses the land below, called Balnibarbi. Gulliver is able to witness the conjuring up of figures From history like Julius Caesar and other leader. But that age does not bring wisdom.
Finally he goes on fourth journey .As a captain of a ship. He reaches on unknown land. That land is populated by Houyhnhnms,rational thinkers also rules on yahoos ,Yahoos are brutish human like creature who Serves the Houyhnhnms .Gulliver learns their language. Horses are more civilized than Human like creature yahoos .Hoeses thinks Gulliver also look like yahoo so he has to leave land.
Main themes
Might versus Right
The Individual versus Society
The Limits of Human Understanding
Symbols
Lilliputians
Brobdingnagians
Laputans
Houyhnhnms
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