Gulliver's Travels | Topics for Discussion

1. What characteristics of the Lilliputians and their society does Swift present for ridicule?

2. In what ways does Gulliver act as the benevolent giant when he is among the Lilliputians?

3. Although Gulliver makes very few judgments, what parts of the Lilliputian society can we assume Swift views as admirable?

4. Point out the inappropriateness and irony of Gulliver's fastidiousness in Brobdingnag and the lack of it in Lilliput.

5. In what ways does Gulliver become the observed in Brobdingnag, instead of the observer as he was in Lilliput?

6....

[The entire page is 262 words long]

Join eNotes

The above is a free excerpt. Get total access to this content with the: