The Narrow-Mindedness of Four Kingdoms and One Explorer
The novel, Gulliver 's Travels, by Jonathon Swift, is about an English man, named Gulliver, who travels to many foreign lands and kingdoms. First, he goes to a country where everyone is six inches tall; then to a kingdom where everyone is sixty feet high; then to a kingdom that floats in the sky; and finally to a kingdom where animals are like humans. Throughout his journeys, he encounters many different people who do not have open and accepting minds.
During his first voyage, Gulliver meets a kingdom called Lilliput. In this country, he finds out that they have been fighting a war over which side to crack an egg. “…commanding all his subjects, upon great penalties, to break the smaller …show more content…
There are only two people there who are willing to speak to him about separate topics. One of the being one of the king’s relatives; and even he is considered by most of the court to be the least intelligent one of them all. The other is a lord who is a vassal of the king. In his realm, everyone is poor and hungry because all energy is put towards the academy there. Most people refuse to farm in the most common and efficient method, and when the vassal does, the entire kingdom frowns upon him and a committee does not choose him to be the king 's assistant for that reason.
In Gulliver 's fourth voyage, he goes to a realm where horses are the dominant species and humans act like animals. After learning their language Gulliver tries to tell them that he came from the sea. The horses, never being to sea, do not believe that such a thing is possible. Also, during this trip Gulliver opens his mind to what humans are like and desires to stay. He must then be forced onto a boat to be taken back home. This realization causes love for this kingdom, and Gulliver asks to protect it from giving an account of his trips to those in
The novel, Gulliver 's Travels, by Jonathon Swift, is about an English man, named Gulliver, who travels to many foreign lands and kingdoms. First, he goes to a country where everyone is six inches tall; then to a kingdom where everyone is sixty feet high; then to a kingdom that floats in the sky; and finally to a kingdom where animals are like humans. Throughout his journeys, he encounters many different people who do not have open and accepting minds.
During his first voyage, Gulliver meets a kingdom called Lilliput. In this country, he finds out that they have been fighting a war over which side to crack an egg. “…commanding all his subjects, upon great penalties, to break the smaller …show more content…
There are only two people there who are willing to speak to him about separate topics. One of the being one of the king’s relatives; and even he is considered by most of the court to be the least intelligent one of them all. The other is a lord who is a vassal of the king. In his realm, everyone is poor and hungry because all energy is put towards the academy there. Most people refuse to farm in the most common and efficient method, and when the vassal does, the entire kingdom frowns upon him and a committee does not choose him to be the king 's assistant for that reason.
In Gulliver 's fourth voyage, he goes to a realm where horses are the dominant species and humans act like animals. After learning their language Gulliver tries to tell them that he came from the sea. The horses, never being to sea, do not believe that such a thing is possible. Also, during this trip Gulliver opens his mind to what humans are like and desires to stay. He must then be forced onto a boat to be taken back home. This realization causes love for this kingdom, and Gulliver asks to protect it from giving an account of his trips to those in