Gullivers Travels Essays - Gullivers Travels, Fiction, Literature

Gulliver's Travels By: Jonathan Swift Book Report written by: Howard Bernard 3 / 5 /2018 8 th Grade Setting- Early Eighteenth Century Point of View- First person Gulliver - The narrator and main character of the story Mary Burton Gulliver - Gulliver's wife The Emperor - The ruler of Lilliput Lilliputians and Blefuscudians - Two races of miniature people whom Gulliver meets on his first voyage The Farmer - Gulliver's first master in Brobdingnag Glumdalclitch - The farmer's 40-foot , nine-year old daughter The Queen - The queen of Brobdingnag The King - The king of Brobdingnag Lord Munodi - A lord of Lagado Yahoos - Unkept human like beasts who live in servitude to the Houyhnhnms Houyhnhnms - Rational horse s who maintain a simple, peaceful society governed by reason and truthfulness Gulliver's Houyhnhnm master - first discovers Gulliver and takes him into his own home Don Pedro de Mendez - The Portuguese captain who takes Gulliver back to Europe after he is forced to leave the land of the Houyhnhnms Laputans - Absent minded intellectuals who live on a floating island of Laputa, encountered by Gulliver on his third voyage Gulliver's Travel s is a fictional novel written by Jonathan Swift. The novel is about the adventures of Lemuel Gulliver from Nottinghamshire, England. He works as a surgeon and has an interest in traveling. When his business begins to decline, he sets out on a voyage as his second love is traveling the high seas. Gulliver embarks on four different voyages which brings him a new perspective on life, with new opportunities. Gulliver narrates and recalls his adventures in this remarkable story. Gulliver sets off with his crew. The ship is caught in a bad storm, and tragedy strikes. The crew dies. Only Gulliver barley escapes. As he swims for his life, he lands on an island and passes out. When h e awakens, he finds that he is unable to move. His arms and legs are tied up. Gulliver later realizes he is on the island of Lilliput, and the tiny creatures around him are called Lilliputians. They are miniature people smaller than six inches tall. Gulliver is hungry and thirsty, and the Lilliputians feed him and give him something to drink. The emperor of Lilliput decides to keep Gulliver captive and believes he can control him. He wants to use Gulliver as a weapon to defeat his enemies of Blefuscu which are another society of tiny people. When a fire breaks out in the royal palace, Gulliver extinguishes the fire by urinating on it. He is then convicted of treason and sentenced to death. Gulliver finds a boat and escapes sails back to his home in England. After two months of being back home, Gulliver sets off on his next adventure. He ends up on a land called Broddingnag. This land is filled with giants . Gulliver look more like a Lilliputian compared to the giants. Gulliver is captured and treated as a pet by the queen of Brobdingnag. Gulliver is unable to escape on his own like he did in Lilliput. When the king and queen take him on a trip, his cage is plucked up by an eagle and dropped in the sea. Gulliver finds his boat and sail s back to England. Still missing the adventurous travels, after two more months in England, Gulliver sets sail again. This time he journey s to Laputa, Luggnagg , and Glubdugdribb . The Laputians love mathematics and music . Gulliver also visits the island of Glubbdubdrib which is filled with sorcerers, and Luggnagg which is an island filled with unfortunate immortals. Gulliver discovers these inhabitants are very miserable. The Laputians lack practical things such as the knowledge of building houses,or making clothing. Gulliver discovers the deceptions of history as he knew it while visiting the island of Glubdugdribb . His fourth voyage was when he traveled to the land of the Houyhnhnms . While he was on his voyage the Houyhnhnms decimated the Yahoos. Once he saw that the Yahoos were dead he decided to stay with the Houyhnhnms for a little longe r. While living with the Houyhnhnms he finds himself feeling like he never wants