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GULLIVER’S TRAVELS

GULLIVER’S TRAVELS. PART ONE The Voyage to Lilliput. QUESTION #1. What do you think is Gulliver's probable frame of mind in the opening passage?. ANSWER. Confusion Surprise Fear Curiosity. QUESTION #2. What does the Lilliputian language add to the narrator’s report?

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GULLIVER’S TRAVELS

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  1. GULLIVER’S TRAVELS PART ONE The Voyage to Lilliput

  2. QUESTION #1 • What do you think is Gulliver's probable frame of mind in the opening passage?

  3. ANSWER • Confusion • Surprise • Fear • Curiosity

  4. QUESTION #2 • What does the Lilliputian language add to the narrator’s report? • (hint: ‘Modest Proposal’ statistics)

  5. ANSWER • Authenticity • Humor • A parody of Language • ENGLISH IN THIS CASE

  6. QUESTION #3 • In the comparison of random arrows to bombs (p489), how does this passage hold significance in this story?

  7. ANSWER • Makes light of the wars in Europe • Compares bombs to arrows that feel like tiny pinpricks • Draws parallel between make-believe society and his own • Indicates an amusing story with serious undertones

  8. QUESTION #4 • (End of 489) What details lead Gulliver to his conclusion of whom the ‘principle person’ is?

  9. ANSWER • Speaks from a stage • Gives a long speech • Lilliputians respond to his directions • Taller than his attendants • One attendant carries his train

  10. QUESTION #5 • (490) Define ORATOR: • How does a person act ‘every part of an orator’?

  11. ANSWER • Person who speaks in public • Broad gestures • Loud voice • Announcing tone

  12. QUESTION #6 • Do you find Gulliver’s ability to communicate through sign language and gestures very convincing? Why/ Why not?

  13. ANSWER • Communicating HUNGER-- • Convincing because Gulliver receives what he needs • SHARED GESTURES- “more” • throwing an object down • If not convincing-- swearing sincerity

  14. QUESTION #7 • By the end of p491, what is Gulliver’s internal conflict?

  15. ANSWER • Possibly mixed emotions of: • ANGER- imagines throwing them • FEAR • RESPECT of LAWS of HOSPITALITY • Self-Preservation vs. Trust and Gratitude

  16. QUESTION #8 • What humorous details enliven the description of the Lilliputians(top 492) ? • What effect has humor played to enrich the descriptions of the relationship being established between Gulliver and the Lilliputians?

  17. ANSWERS • Dancing on Gulliver’s hand • Playing ‘Hide and Seek’ in his hair • Playing children’s games • Shows Gulliver as PLAYFUL, not a dangerous giant; TRUST built between them through the trivial activities.

  18. QUESTION #9 • Define SATIRE: • What might Swift be satirizing in the ‘rope- dancing’ ritual? (hint: Politics)

  19. ANSWERS • Work where RIDICULE is stressing the WORST parts of a serious subject. • Courtly Behavior • English Court • Irrelevance of test to position • Ridiculousness of office politics and favoritism

  20. QUESTION #10 • (bottom of 2nd column. p492) • What seems to be Swift’s satirical point in describing the ‘diversion’ with the red, blue and green threads?

  21. ANSWER • Seems to be poking fun at the courtiers ‘agility’ in sidestepping responsibility.

  22. QUESTION #11 • How does Swift diminish the philosophical division between the two factions in England? (493)

  23. ANSWERS • Parody of the two (2) factions: • Uses two nearly identical but nonsensical names (Tramecksan / Slamecksan) • Indicates that their violent differences are based on something as insignificant as the height of the heels of shoes.

  24. QUESTION #12 • (middle 2nd column, 493) • Why does the ‘heir’ walk with a hobble?

  25. ANSWER • LITERALLY- he is wearing shoes of two different heights • FIGURATIVELY- he cannot make up his mind, so he is ‘hobbled’ by his indecision

  26. QUESTION #13 • (2/3 down 2nd Col., 493) • Why does Swift satirize the lines beginning with: “For as to what we have heard you affirm…” and ending with , “…or one of the stars.”

  27. ANSWER • NARROWMINDEDNESS • When events or people do not fit into preconceived notions of the way the world works

  28. QUESTION #14 • Is there humor in the description of the egg-breaking conflict?

  29. ANSWER • Yes • Funny to get upset over the way an egg is broken • NO- ????? (like, I don’t get it…)

  30. QUESTION #15 • How is Gulliver’s decision, made at the end of this voyage, satirical?

  31. ANSWER • Although he first stated that he WOULDN”T INTERFERE Gulliver quickly rationalizes to do the EXPEDIENT thing-- FIGHT FOR LILLIPUT

  32. Tories and Whigs • Represented by the two parties in this story:

  33. Tory • A person who opposed the breach with Britain during the Revolutionary War (1775-83) • Conservative Party • Opposed Whig attempts to excluse the future James II from succession to the throne.

  34. Whig • Organizer of “Glorious Revolution” • Non-Catholics

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