can someone please tell me whats the story about the novel:Gullivers Travels?

Answer 1

its a satire written by Jonathan swift. it is based on 4 parts
in first part swift satirizes English politics , here he describes his shipwreck in Lilliput where the people are just six inches in height.
in this part he satirizes English political parties and the intrigues which centered around the prince of whales and give the names of high heel and low heels.
satire in this part is free from bitterness.

part 2 is described with name of Brobdingnag here Swift's contempt for mankind is emphasized.
here height other people is found by Gulliver 60 feet more that him.
we come to know that swift presents his character in Gulliver.

here he points out that allowances must be made for a king living apart From the rest of the world.

in part 3 he satirizes theoretical intellectuals.
it is a satire on philosophers, Procter's and inventors who live in the air , divorced from the realities of life.

in part 4 he satirizes mankind in general .
here he com pares human with animals which are horses
he says animals have all moral qualities they are better than human, in this part he shows how man is busy in physical pleasures and how hypocrite he is.
he calls human yahoos and horses as Houyhnhnm.
the this which annoys him is pride and vices of human which are totally unknown to Houyhnhnm.
his satire is on age of queen Anne.

Answer 2

Gulliver's Travels was a brilliant parody of the politics and conventions of Swift's own time. The Lilliputians were physically small, but were really meant to represent small-minded politicians, including King George I. The Brobdingnagians were showmen and loud mouths, like P.T. Barnum. The Houynhmm were haughty idealists, but there were still prejudices against the native "Yahoos," who they saw and treated as inferiors. In toto, Swift parodied or mocked just about every political convention of his time, much to the chagrin of those who bore the brunt of his japes.

Answer 3

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.

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Answer 4

the novel s story revolves around an Englishman who s lost at sea n reaches different places or islands. There he meets strange people who have even peculiar customs n languages who reveal on him the hypocrisy of civilized world...his own. The variety of experiences show him that he too has been a ''noble savage''. When he reaches his own land he is tried by the court of law because he dares 2 speak out loud abt the civilized hypocrisies.