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Gulliver's Travels Written By: Jonathan Swift

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Chapter 1: The plot begins with the beginning of Gulliver's life as he goes to school and becomes an apprentice to Mr. Bates, a surgeon. After Mr. Bates dies, Gulliver sets out to sea as a surgeon on board the Antelope, leaving his wife, Mary Burton, and family behind. On November 5 the ship is destroyed by a windstorm and he swims to a near island, Lilliput. After reaching the shoreline, he "slept sounder than ever I remember to have done in my life." When Gulliver wakes up, nine hours later, he is bound all over his body with strings that are staked into the ground. The Lilliputians, six-inch tall people, are the "creatures" that have bounded him and they probe him with their arrows and spears. After examining Gulliver, the Lilliputians provide him with food and wine, which have been laced with a sleeping potion, and then he is moved by the orders of the Emperor to a little temple that they do not use anymore.

Chapter 2: While Gulliver is forced to live in the Lilliputians village, in a tiny temple, he tries to learn the language the best he can in order to convince the Emperor to give him his freedom. Gulliver encounters some Lilliputians who throw arrows at him and he retaliates by giving them their freedom, even though the Emperor gives them to Gulliver as a punishment. Because Gulliver let the six Lilliputians go without hurting them, the Imperial Council debates on whether or not to let him go free. While the Council is debating, the Emperor orders the cities 900 yards around the city to send "six beefs, forty sheep, and a good quantity of bread and wine" to feed Gulliver. Two officers also take inventory of all the possessions that Gulliver has on him and take them to keep until Gulliver's fate is decided.

Chapter 3: The Emperor is pleased with the cooperation that Gulliver demonstrates and he is rewarded by court diversions. The first set of diversions are performed by high ranking "officials" of the court trying to be put into office or show that they are still worthy of their positions. This diversion consistes of the candidates dancing on a rope for as long as they can and whoever dances the longest will be appointed to that office, and however long they dance will be the length of their appointments. During the second diversion, the Emperor and Empress are only allowed to watch, and the Emperor sets out 3 six-inch clothes that are either blue red or green. In order to win these clothes the candidates have to do a kind of "limbo" and impress the Emperor. Gulliver also reviews the Emperor's troops as they travel underneath him while his legs are apart. Because of the cooperation Gulliver shows during the diversion, he his given his freedom on nine conditions and as long as he abides by these conditions he will receive food and drink for 1,728 Lilliputians.







__Person vs. Nature__---Gulliver faces nature in the beginning when his ship crashes during the storm. Also, everywhere he goes, "nature" is different; the setting of where he is at. __Person vs. Person__--- Gulliver finds conflict with the king of Brobdingnag when he tries to talk to him about English government. No matter how hard Gulliver tries to explain his county's government, the king continued to look down upon him and laugh at his society. __Person vs. Self__---Gulliver faces trying to "keep himself busy" or to not be bored with what he is doing; going back and forth from his family to his adventures. __Person vs. Fate__---Gulliver is faced with fate when every time he leaves, something bad happens, however, he keeps going back on adventures. Also, every time he is greeted with the various creatures, he never knows what to expect them to do to him. __Person vs. Society__--Every time Gulliver arrives to an island, he is conflicted with their societies; he doesn't know their languages, their ways, and is often picked on for entertainment.
 * Lilliput || Similarites || Brobdingnag ||
 * Six inches || Women are looked at as more of a homemaker || 60 feet tall ||
 * Rope dancing || Ignorant in racial standards || Very Little Education ||
 * Extremely harsh and "blood thirsty" || Think they are the only race in the world; narrow minded about the rest of the world. || More rational, not as sturdy government ||
 * Vengeful and desire justice above all else || Both view Gulliver as an attraction and not a human being. || Slaves ||
 * No slaves || Like to be in control of Gulliver || Think of Englishmen as ridiculous and "the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth." ||
 * Respect the Englishmen and their way of thinking ||  ||   ||
 * Parents had no control of children ||  || Parents raised their own children ||
 * More respect oriented ||  || More money oriented ||
 * More of a community, resided in the same area. ||  || More spread out and diverse, lived in different cities and towns. ||