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Jonathan swift?
- very important person to the irish
- his mistress, stella, is buried next to him
- has Meneres syndrome
- **best satire writer of all time
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Swift's pseudonym?
- M.B Drapier
- *wrote pamphlets againts protestants
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swifts expectations of gulliver's travels?
expected it to offend people, but instead it entertained almost everyone
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Gulliver's travels?
satirical against the english gov't
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Gulliver?
a ship's physcian
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Land of Brobdingnag?
gulliver is tiny, the people are huge
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Land of Laputa?
people do useless experiments, everything they do is a waste
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Land of Houhynhymns?
horses are dignified, while humans are the barbarians (yahoos)- uncivilized
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Land of Lilliput?
gulliver is the giants, and everyone else if 1/12th his size
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how does he end up in lilliput?
- he is shipwrecked and when he wakes up the people have him tied down
- *can burst out of ropes, but he doesnt
- *lilliputians are shooting arrows at him, but they are so tiny it feels like little pins
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What does gulliver to try be?
he tried to be passive so that they dont feel threatened
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Liliputian food?
very tiny, he could easily eat all their food and still be hungry but he doesnt
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Rope dance?
- liliputians did this get into gov't
- *represents how easy it is to get into the english gov't
- *swift tries to say that the english gov't is a bunch of ying yangs
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rules gulliver must follow in lilliput?
- he cant leave
- he must give them notice before coming into the city
- must walk on the main roads
- make sure he doesnt step on anyone
- help send out mail quicker
- stay on their side during war
- help build things
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Liliputian enemy?
enemies from the island of Blefuscu
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Reason the lilliputians are fighting?
- over breaking an egg
- *symbolizes how england fights over the littlest things
- *protestant vs. catholic
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How do the lilliputians win?
gulliver makes waves in the water, and pushes the enemies fleet of ships away
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Why does gulliver get thrown out of liliput?
the castle is on fire and so gullive tries to put it out by peeing on it, he accidently pees on the queen though
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where is gulliver found in brobdingnag? and by who?
he hides in a cornfield, and the farm hand finds him and thinks he is a rat
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Glumdalclitch?
- farmers daughter
- likes gulliver a lot and grows close to him
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What does the famer do with gulliver?
- he sells him to the queen
- the queen makes him his own room and locks it to keep him safe from bees, monkeys, etc.
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gulliver's talks with king?
- king thinks england's warfare is very violent
- brobdingnags are gentle giants, against war
- king thinks gulliver is better than his country
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potato famine?
ireland never recovered from it
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A modest proposal?
- by swift
- *proposal was to fatten up the unnourished kids and feed them to the english families
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What does swift say happens to kids who grow up?
they become thieves, leave their native country or sell themselves to barbadoes
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What will the plan prevent from happening?
- abortions
- parents murdering their kids
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Reason why eating kids is a good idea?
- get rid of catholics
- make money
- country will get richer
- dont have to take care of them after a year
- new gourmet dish
- great inducement to marriage (men treat wives better)
- solve pig population
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What does it compare the irsh to?
animals, thats how the english saw the irish
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