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Neo -classical literature:paper

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Neoclassical literature
Name: payal chudasama
Roll no: 24
Sem: 1 M.A. with  English
Batch  Year: 2019-21
Email: chudasmapayal1997@gmail. Com
Enrollment no: 2069108420200005
Submitted to:Dr. Dilip Bard sir Amt  S.B.Gardi English Department Bhavanagar
Topic:  character  sketch  Gulliver  in  novel.

☆  Discuss  about character  of Gulliver.

● Introduction of Gulliver  character:
   Gulliver  is  the fictional character.  He is protagonist character of the novel,and also he is narrator of “Gulliver’s travels” this  novel written  by  Jonathan swift . This  book  first published in  1726. Gulliver’s  journey  begin in 1699 and end in 1716. Gulliver is the  undistinguished  third of five sons of a man of very modest  person  He is good person but  unimaginative. Gulliver  was  born in Nottinghamshire, a sedate county  without eccentricity.
●  Quality of  Gulliver in this novel:
Gulliver   is honest  man. Gulliver  is  also  expected “ gullible.” He believes  what he told ?
●Gulliver  is  good person:
Lemuel Gulliver is central  character of “Gulliver’s travel” Lemuel  Gulliver is the  star of this novel. In fact he is narrator in  this novel.  Gulliver  is the symbol  of travel  and  struggle   for  travels.
 ●  Gulliver  character  is  symbol adventure:
  Throughout  of the  novel   Gulliver  is  struggle  in travel. His  four  journey  is successful  journeys. About  my  opinion  on  this character compared  with  some sentence “Nothing is  impossible  in world"  and “ the beginning  is the most important in the work”, another sentence  like  “A journey  of  thousand  mile with single  step.”
●  Four journeys  of Lamuel Gulliver’s life:
(1)  First  journey  of Lamuel Gulliver ‘life:
Gulliver was the third  of five  sons and went to Emmanuel  college in Cambridge. He became an apprentice,  to Mr Bates with whom he worked  for four years.  However,  Gulliver  loved  to travel. His reason for  studying  medicine was because  it would  be useful  when he undertook  long voyages.  He married and settled  down to family  life, occasionally  going  on long voyages  as the ship’s physician   one of his voyages was  upon the south  sea in  a ship called  the  Antelope . A violent  storm drove  them to the north-west  of Van Diemen's Land , dashing  the ship against  the rocks causing  most of his shipments to  perish. Gulliver  was washed ashore by the stormy waves and  fell asleep exhausted. When he work up he  found  that  his  arms , legs hair had been tied down. There was  a  confused  noise  all round  and he found  many  creatures  resembling   humans, of  about  six inches in h5 surrounding  him. His  loud shout frightened  them and he could  not understand  their  language   They shot little  arrows  at him ev5 as he struggled  to free himself.  He convinced  them that  he was  a peace loving  man.  When he indicated to them that he was hungry, several  ladders were  placed  at his side and they fed him  great  quantity  of  meat ,and barrels of  wine, all in miniature  sizes.  A  messenger  from the king   spoke to  Gulliver and said he had to be a prisoner  and would be  treated  well  .The  carpenters and engineers among them  worked tirelessly to  produce the  greatest  carriage  possible  which  could  transport  Gulliver.  Gulliver was  taken I  the vehicle to a an ancient  temple,  the largest  in the kingdom  which  could  house  him. To transport  Gulliver  in the carriage, it required  five hundred engineers,  nine hundred  workers, fifteen  hundred  horses and  five hundred  guards.

The countryside  looked like a garden  with small  fields,  flowerbeds and woods ,and the town seemed a painted picture to  Gulliver. At the order of the Emperor  who  taller than his  subjects  by almost the ‘ breadth of Gulliver’s  nail’, enormous qualities of  food and drink, by Lilliputians  standards, were supplied  to Gulliver.  The European  personally  supervised  its  dispensation. The council of ministers  and the European  did  consider  starving or poisoning  him but surmised that the huge  rotting  carcass would  have caused  a  plague . Gulliver  had been  kind to several  things  who tormented  him and did not give  them  any punishment  except  scaring  them away. His magnanimity  found favour with  the  king who decided  to treat him well. More  comforts  were ordered  for  Gulliver, more persons were deputed  to look after  his needs and he was  also  taught  their  language. Gulliver’s  pockets were searched  and the contents  listed. Although the  Lilliputians  did not know  the  value  or  use  of these  items, they were away to  be  returned  to him at a later date. 3 remained his spectacle  and a pocket  perspective  in pravate  pocket. Gulliver’s  gentleness  and  tolerance  won the goodwill of  the  European,  court and the army.  Even people  began to  fear him less and  were at ease in his company.Gulliver  wanted his liberty  and tried to  win the friendship  of the natives  as he had learnt  their language  as well. He was entertained by the Emperor  with  several  of the country shows, the most notable  being  that  of  the rope- dancers. Very often  the ministers  were also expected  to undergo a trial of  dexterity with sticks held by the Emperor   over which  they had to jump.  They  were  apparently  rewarded with  coloured  silken threads, each colour  denoting a particular  status. Gulliver’s  petitions of  liberty  were acceded  to by the  king's  court.  He had  to fulfil  certain  conditions  prescribed  by their  laws which  he agreed to  and his chains were unlocked. Gulliver’s  request to see Mildendo,  the metropolis, was granted. Gulliver’s  help to defend  the Europeror and state was sought  and he readily  agreed  even though  he  did not want to interfere in the internal affairs of the country.


● Second  journey  of Gulliver’s life:
After two months  after his return  his country. In the  second  journey  of Gulliver   want to Brobdingnag,   which is a  land  of Giant   and he is as small  as the Lilliputians were to him. So, naturally  Gulliver  is scared but his keepers  are   surprisingly  gentle. He gets humiliated by the king when he forced to see the difference between how England is and how it ought to be.  Gulliver  soon understands that  he must have  been very  revolting to the Lilliputians.

●   Third  journey of Gulliver’s life:
    Gulliver was filled with wonder at the Laputians  who were  rather  strange in their  shapes, habits  and  countenances. The floating island of about ten thousand  acres depended on a huge  loadstone to lift up and bring it  down and move  from one place  to another. Since Gulliver was not  well – versed  in  mathematics  or  music  in which the knowledge  of the  Laputian  was superior , he was held in contempt and Was  ignored.  Gulliver  interacted  only with common people such as women,   tradesmen, flippers, and court pages. Gulliver was to go to Lagado .  Gulliver visited  the Academy of projectors  where scientists  were  involved in  conducting  various  experiments  which  included  excrement  to  sunbeams from cucumbers,  reducing  human  excrement  to it’s original food
. Gulliver decided to leave Laputa  and set out for Laggnagg . Gulliver  sailed  to Laggnagg. A dangerous  voyage.  Gulliver was delighted with this information  and thought that  if he were to be born a struldbrugg  he would be a an oracle  and a living treasury of knowledge and wisdom. Gulliver  left Lunggnagg  with letters from  the king  to  the Emperor  of Japan. Gulliver again set sail in the Adventure, this  time as a navigator and not as a surgeon. His recruits from Barbados turned   out to be rogues who threw him out of the ship. Gulliver  learnt from   them the word ‘ Yahoo' pronounced  like the weighing of a horse and also the word ‘Houyhnhnms.’
● Fourth (last) journey of Gulliver’s life:
   Gulliver   was eager  to  the language of the  Houyhnhnms.  A sorrel nag taught him to speak the language  well. This  enabled Gulliver to explain  to the Houyhnhnms  about his land .However,  he always  remained  fully  clothed  for fear of being  mistaken  for a Yahoo who resembled  humans.  Since Yahoos  were odious  animals, he did not want to be mistaken for them in any case.  Gulliver on being questioned  revealed  everything  about  life in England.  Gulliver related  in detail   the  nature, reasons and the   results of  war in  England. Millions of  Yahoos  were killed as a result.  His perplexity  deepened  when Gulliver  told him  how  the law could  ruin people. Gulliver  also revealed that money  could  perform any feat in Yahoo land and that the lack of it led people  to rob, cheat, steal, pimp and whore as the case may be. The master was totally  at a loss to understand  this phenomenon. In this  forth part  suggests  corruption  of human . Gulliver’s  master gave him a vivid account  of what transpired  at the Assembly. The Yahoos were considered the filthy, noisy and deformed  animals of nature that had accidentally stumbled into their country.  Gulliver had settled  down  comfortably and  happily in the land of the Houyhnhnms. Gulliver was grief- stricken. Gulliver  reached  New  Holland  safely as there were no storms or mishaps at sea. Gulliver was unable to tolerate  the sight and behaviour  of the  English  Yahoos.  He was all admiration for the Houyhnhnms  and  hoped to instruct  his family  about their  virtues. He felt he could not tolerate  humanity’s  pride would  not allow any person  with  this absurd  vice to come near him.
●conclusion:

In short,   Gulliver  is  significance  character. Throughout  of the novel    Gulliver   always   become the good person. Finally   fourth journeys   is successful journeys.And Gulliver  character  is  symbol  of    travel.

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