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Guliver's trevel

Updated: Feb 23, 2023

Gulliver’s Travels recounts the story of Lemuel Gulliver, a practical-minded Englishman trained as a surgeon who takes to the seas when his business fails. In a deadpan first-person narrative that rarely shows any signs of self-reflection or deep emotional response, Gulliver narrates the adventures that befall him on these travels.

Gulliver’s adventure in Lilliput begins when he wakes after his shipwreck to find himself bound by innumerable tiny threads and addressed by tiny captors who are in awe of him but fiercely protective of their kingdom. They are not afraid to use violence against Gulliver, though their arrows are little more than pinpricks. But overall, they are hospitable, risking famine in their land by feeding Gulliver, who consumes more food than a thousand Lilliputians combined could. Gulliver is taken into the capital city by a vast wagon the Lilliputians have specially built. He is presented to the emperor, who is entertained by Gulliver, just as Gulliver is flattered by the attention of royalty. Eventually Gulliver becomes a national resource, used by the army in its war against the people of Blefuscu, whom the Lilliputians hate for doctrinal differences concerning the proper way to crack eggs. But things change when Gulliver is convicted of treason for putting out a fire in the royal palace with his urine and is condemned to be shot in the eyes and starved to death. Gulliver escapes to Blefuscu, where he is able to repair a boat he finds and set sail for England.

After staying in England with his wife and family for two months, Gulliver undertakes his next sea voyage, which takes him to a land of giants called Brobdingnag. Here, a field worker discovers him. The farmer initially treats him as little more than an animal, keeping him for amusement. The farmer eventually sells Gulliver to the queen, who makes him a courtly diversion and is entertained by his musical talents. Social life is easy for Gulliver after his discovery by the court, but not particularly enjoyable. Gulliver is often repulsed by the physicality of the Brobdingnagians, whose ordinary flaws are many times magnified by their huge size. Thus, when a couple of courtly ladies let him play on their naked bodies, he is not attracted to them but rather disgusted by their enormous skin pores and the sound of their torrential urination. He is generally startled by the ignorance of the people here—even the king knows nothing about politics. More unsettling findings in Brobdingnag come in the form of various animals of the realm that endanger his life. Even Brobdingnagian insects leave slimy trails on his food that make eating difficult. On a trip to the frontier, accompanying the royal couple, Gulliver leaves Brobdingnag when his cage is plucked up by an eagle and dropped into the sea. Next, Gulliver sets sail again and, after an attack by pirates, ends up in Laputa, where a floating island inhabited by theoreticians and academics oppresses the land below, called Balnibarbi. The scientific research undertaken in Laputa and in Balnibarbi seems totally inane and impractical, and its residents too appear wholly out of touch with reality. Taking a short side trip to Glubbdubdrib, Gulliver is able to witness the conjuring up of figures from history, such as Julius Caesar and other military leaders, whom he finds much less impressive than in books. After visiting the Luggnaggians and the Struldbrugs, the latter of which are senile immortals who prove that age does not bring wisdom, he is able to sail to Japan and from there back to England. Finally, on his fourth journey, Gulliver sets out as captain of a ship, but after the mutiny of his crew and a long confinement in his cabin, he arrives in an unknown land. This land is populated by Houyhnhnms, rational-thinking horses who rule, and by Yahoos, brutish humanlike creatures who serve the Houyhnhnms. Gulliver sets about learning their language, and when he can speak he narrates his voyages to them and explains the constitution of England. He is treated with great courtesy and kindness by the horses and is enlightened by his many conversations with them and by his exposure to their noble culture. He wants to stay with the Houyhnhnms, but his bared body reveals to the horses that he is very much like a Yahoo, and he is banished. Gulliver is grief-stricken but agrees to leave. He fashions a canoe and makes his way to a nearby island, where he is picked up by a Portuguese ship captain who treats him well, though Gulliver cannot help now seeing the captain—and all humans—as shamefully Yahoolike. Gulliver then concludes his narrative with a claim that the lands he has visited belong by rights to England, as her colonies, even though he questions the whole idea of colonialism.


After returning from his last voyage Lemuel Gulliver start living with horses. He get inspires from master horses land and it seems to him like a superior place. He became less interested in his family and spend most of his time with nurses. After a long time Gulliver decided to go back to his profession as a surgeon. He went on travelling ship. He starts travelling from Europe to USA. It make him remember his last four journeys. On the way they found that there is a hole in there ship and they have to recover it as soon as possible otherwise there are the chances of sinking of their ship. They stay on one island Gulliver and his one more companion john went towards the island to collect some woods for covering the hole of the ship. Gulliver collect some woods and move towards back to his ship but after sometimes he realized that he loses his way back to ship and there is also not his companion. He wander here and there but he can’t find john. All the ways seems same to Gulliver. It feels him like the maze. After four to five hours Gulliver get tired but he continue his walking. While wandering here and there Gulliver saw a waterfall there. That was a very beautiful waterfall. He go close to it for drinking water. When he comes close to the waterfall he saw there is a way behind waterfall. He enters that way. He saw there is another island behind that waterfall. He never seen before such a beautiful place like that. It seems him like a heaven. There were waterfalls but with milk. Thousands of trees with gems, precious stones and colorful flowers. The color which he had not seen before. The roses, lilies and daisies etc. he saw fairies flying from one tree to another tree. Plucking and eating the flowers. Those fairies are so beautiful like the ladies from heaven. He breathe deeply and make himself sure that is it a dream or a reality? He never seen such a marveling place before that. Suddenly he saw two fairies watch him and get scared. Then two angels come toward Gulliver and becomes furious on Gulliver. They start asking from Gulliver how do you came here who are you what is your purpose are you a bad hunter. But Gulliver also get affrighted and reply their answer shortly. They said ok came with us we can’t leave you here alone. Then Gulliver comes to know that it is land of fairies and angels and it is magical. And the fairies and angles get known about Gulliver by their own that he is not here with bad purpose. Then he went along the fairies and angels to their beautiful houses on trees and on the air. After one day angel comes to him and said him that we have the orders to get you to the castle of king and queen with us it’s the order from our God. Gulliver went with him. When he went to the castle he saw the castle is like the main part of the island like the HR of the heavenly island. King and queen welcomed him as an honored guest. A great dining table prepared for him. A lot of delicious dishes presented in front of him and that magical food never ends after servant serves the quantity of food remains the same and the deserts taste sweet as he never tasted such a sweet taste before. After the meal Miss Margaret who is the maid of the queen tells Gulliver that king wants Gulliver to come along with him for a walk to gardens of castles. Miss Margaret was an old and mature lady. She manages all the castles works. King and queen had a daughter named Suzanne. She was very beautiful. She had long beautiful hairs and green shiny eyes. Many fairies stay long all the day with Suzanne. They do their work make bed for her prepare her bath make her ready pluck flowers for her and décor flowers in his hairs. Gulliver began to mingle with them. He became good friend with all the angels and fairies on the Island. Everyone in the castle knew Gulliver. Gulliver started living in the same fort. This island was like paradise. The weather has always been calm and pleasant. One night while Gulliver was sleeping in his room, he woke up because of the wind and storm. He went out of the room and saw two evil fairies flying there. Gulliver didn't know they were there to take Suzanne. They fly around a lot and come back. As soon as they leave, the storm disappears. A few days later the storm comes again at night and the two evil fairies come and return empty handed. Gulliver is watching. He gets upset to see. Then he hears that the queen is crying and saying that she will take our daughter and the king reassures her and quells her. On listening to all this, Gulliver remains very upset and thinks that he will ask King and Queen about this tomorrow. But on very next day, the same evil fairy comes and picks up Suzanne. The king and Queen could not do anything helplessly. Gulliver asks Queen’s maid, named Miss Margaret, what caused all this? Then she explains that the King and Queen had no children. They requested three fairies named Nancy, Ashley and Hera to pray for Child from God. God answered their prayer and a daughter was born to the Queen, whom they named Suzanne. The main thing about this girl was that there was magic in her hair. That's why so many evil fairies wanted to take Suzanne. Veronica and Sia were among the evil fairies who took Suzanne away. As Suzanne grew older, the magic of her hair grew. Veronica and Sia wanted to somehow catch Suzanne and cut her hair so that they could use her hairs magic to increase their powers of magic. Gulliver ask for 3 good fairies (Hera, Nancy and Ashley) that where she (Veronica and Sia) have taken Suzanne? She tells Gulliver that evil fairies has taken Suzanne in her magical cave. This magical cave located at the bottom of the (Famous and beautiful) mountain which is on the other side of forest. Gulliver ask for good fairies about the power and the weakness of evil fairies. One of the good fairy told the Gulliver, Darkness, and (Blind, stormy) her (evil fairies)’s power, their weakness is (Sun-light) and Normal weather. These weaknesses can be overcome by taking advantage of them. After hearing all this, Gulliver’s make a plan to get ride Suzanne from the clutches of evil fairies together with the good fairies. Then it happened before the Gulliver got ready and gathered with the good fairies went to the (evil fairies)’s magical Cave before the time of sun-rising, in the cave at one place, Gulliver’s try to get ride the Suzanne with the ropes, and he became successful but the evil fairies reached at that place then she attack on Gulliver, He try to competition with evil fairies with the gathering of good fairies, he successful in the getting of evil fairies out of her cave, then sun rising , through sun rise, evil fairies became disappear, in this way, Gulliver get-ride Suzanne from the evil fairies clutch. After saving Suzanne Gulliver bring him back to king and queen on which king and queen became very happy and gave order to angels to help Gulliver to go back to his island. On returning king and queen gave many precious gems as a gift which were very expensive. Angels ready a palanquin for Gulliver which is full with gems, jewels and precious stones Gulliver get on the palanquin saying good bye to everyone. Then Gulliver reached in few seconds to Europe. Gulliver don’t know how it happens how he covers a long journey in few seconds. Gulliver went back to Europe and start living with his family and horses.




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Hafiz Kalim
Hafiz Kalim
Apr 26, 2023

Good, please need this noval for the the subject (BS-English language and literature),Rise of the Novels 18th and 19th century .

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