If Gulliver was a real person, I think he would remind us identically of that stereotypical grandpa figure we have that tells stories that are completely exaggerated just to make us ponder what if. This weeks reading was full of adventures, also it was the most informative chapter yet when it comes to describing every thing that Gulliver came across which became annoying very quickly.
Gulliver had this bad habit in this chapter of strangely describing things as if he was a scientist writing down his observations in his lab. His intentions for this is to give the reader a better description of what he is experiencing but it is too hard to keep up with him and try to comprehend all the dimensions in our minds. In one of the chapters Gulliver describes to us some of the most absurd and unfortunate adventures he is forced to go through.
The first adventure Gulliver describes is when he is in the garden and the Dwarf shakes an apple tree and apples start falling on Gulliver and he must hide to avoid being smashed. A similar story is when a hailstorm brews up and hail starts pelting Gulliver’s body and he is severely hurt to the point where he must stay in bed rest for over a week. He goes through adventures of being attacked by birds, white spaniels, frogs, but most importantly he is kidnapped by a monkey. I chose the passage that describes Gulliver being kidnapped by a monkey because it is so random it therefore is an important point.
“But, the greatest danger I ever underwent in that Kingdom, was from a Monkey, who belonged to one of the Clerks of the Kitchen.” ( Gullivers Travels pg.113)
On a serious note, Gulliver has many deep conversations with the King describing the government of his homeland England and the King is very interested. The King even takes notes and asks questions on Gulliver’s description, in the end the King concludes that Gulliver’s people seem like a very dangerous and mean race that suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth, even I thought that was a little harsh.
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