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by Jonathan Swift

Gulliver's Travels, a misanthropic satire of humanity, was written in 1726 by Jonathan Swift. Like many other authors, Swift uses the journey as the backdrop for his satire. He invents a second author, Captain Lemuel Gulliver, who narrates and speaks directly to the reader from his own experience…

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What will happen to you today if, like Gulliver in Gulliver's Travels, you too are marooned alone for one year on an island inhabited only by the Stone Age humans?
Posted by adonia a #251973
Last updated by: adonia a #251973 on May 23, 2012 7:44 AM
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Sketch the character of Gulliver in about 150 words
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Last updated by: jill d #170087 on May 23, 2012 6:35 AM
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Sketch the character of Emperor of the Lilliputs
Posted by adonia a #251973
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on May 21, 2012 6:22 AM
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sketch the character of emperor of the lilliputs in about 150 words
Posted by charitha l #250127
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on May 12, 2012 11:48 PM
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what accidents happened to gulliver in his first afternoon in the farmer's house?
Posted by charitha l #250127
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on May 12, 2012 11:45 PM
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Who are the masters and the slaves in Glubbdrubdrib?
Posted by silvia s #248323
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on May 05, 2012 8:07 AM
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What details indicate the problems of Swift's own society?
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Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Apr 25, 2012 5:54 AM
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What show how the final disagreement between gulliver and the king reflects a difference between ingenuity and wisdom
Posted by david j #234765
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Mar 05, 2012 2:02 PM
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What are some example of how the king of Brobdingnag shows affection toward Gulliver and one example of how he shows distaste for Gulliver's ideas
Posted by david j #234765
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Mar 05, 2012 1:32 PM
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lilliput is a representative of what country?
Posted by mairelis t #234301
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Mar 03, 2012 10:57 AM
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Account for the popularity of Gulliver’s Travel?
Posted by janaki s #234295
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Mar 03, 2012 10:53 AM
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Describe Gulliver’s life on the island Lilliput?
Posted by janaki s #234295
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Mar 03, 2012 10:37 AM
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How does Gulliver reach Brobdingnag? How does he finally leave?
Posted by diamond h #232437
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Feb 24, 2012 10:59 AM
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discuss the scope of ironies in the novel Gulliver's Travels ?
Posted by mohanned a #226263
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Jan 23, 2012 10:52 AM
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Discuss the ups and downs in the first two voyage of Gulliver - to Lilliput and Brobdingnag-.
Posted by adood n #221193
Last updated by: Aslan on Jan 21, 2012 5:14 PM
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Comment on the loss of Gulliver's dignity among the Brobdingnag.
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Last updated by: Aslan on Jan 21, 2012 5:05 PM
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Discuss the sin of pride among the Lilliputians?
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Last updated by: Aslan on Jan 21, 2012 4:56 PM
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What is the main idea of the first part of Pepys's diary, titled “The Plague
Posted by alex w #168827
Last updated by: Aslan on Dec 31, 2011 11:51 AM
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Gulliver says that he thinks it necessay to "justify [his] character in point of cleanliness to the world." Explain why he feels this need and attemts to do so throughout the books.
Posted by jessica d #170209
Last updated by: Aslan on Dec 31, 2011 11:37 AM
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how does this selection parody, or imitate and make fun of, these travel book
Posted by apple n #177889
Last updated by: Aslan on Dec 31, 2011 11:19 AM
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Why does Gulliver find Laputa boring?
Posted by colin o'hara o #179327
Last updated by: Aslan on Dec 31, 2011 11:14 AM
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what is the director's purpose?
Posted by vanessa v #173169
Last updated by: Aslan on Dec 31, 2011 11:09 AM
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gulliver's travells is not a neuratic fantasy, prove it?
Posted by zirwa k #222317
Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Dec 31, 2011 12:49 AM
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character of hoyhnmes are not ideally followed in gulliver's travells
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Last updated by: jill d #170087 on Dec 31, 2011 12:43 AM
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i need to comments for the chapter 3...
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Last updated by: soha h #221685 on Dec 22, 2011 2:14 PM
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