What is the plot of Gulliver's Travels?

Answer 1

Lilliput May 4, 1699 - April 13,1702

Brobdingnag - June 20, 1702 - June 3, 1706

Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdrib, Luggnagg, and Japan - August 5, 1706 - April 16, 1710

A Voyage to Houyhnhnms - September 7, 1710 - July 2, 1715

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Answer 2

lthough Gulliver is a bold adventurer who visits a multitude of strange

lands, it is difficult to regard him truly heroic. Even well before his slide

into misanthropic at the end of the book, he simply does not show the

stuff of which great heroes are made. He is not cowardly- on the contrary, he

undergoes the unerring experience if nearly being devoured by a giant rat,

taken captive by pirates, shipwrecked on far away shores, and shot in the face

with poison arrows. Yet despite the courage Gulliver shows throughout his

voyages, his character lacks basic greatness. This impression we form because

he rarely shows his feelings reveals his soul or experiences great passion of any

sort. Gulliver's goal on his sea voyage is uncertain. He says that he needs to

make money after the failure of his business, but he rarely mention finances

throughout the work.

We may also note Gulliver's lack of ingenuity and savvy. Gulliver seems to think

up tricks, and thus ends up being passive in most of the situation in which he

finds himself. He is held captive several times throughout his voyages, but he is

never once released through his own stratagems, relying instead a chance

factors for his liberation.

Gulliver is gullible. For eg. He misses the obvious ways in which the Lilliputians

exploit him. Travelling to different countries and returning to England in

between each voyage he provides us with literal facts and narrative events.

He is self hating, self proclaimed Yahoo at the end, announcing his misanthropy

quite loudly, but even this attitude is difficult to accept as the moral of the

story. Gulliver is not a figure with whom we identify but, rather, part of the

array of personalities and behaviours about which we must make judgements.

Answer 3

"Gulliver's Travels" follows the adventures of Lemuel Gulliver, a surgeon and sea captain, as he encounters fantastical lands and strange civilizations during his travels. Through his encounters with the tiny Lilliputians, the giant Brobdingnagians, the Laputans, and the Houyhnhnms, Gulliver is able to comment on various aspects of human nature and society. The novel explores themes of satirical commentary on politics, society, and human behavior.

Answer 4

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