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I have taught non-speakers of English and find that even though they are...

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:30:11 PST

I have taught non-speakers of English and find that even though they are limited in their use of English, they are by far limited in intellect. I agree that you don't want to water it down too much...have you tried Dover Classics? They typically do cover the full story but in a simpler manner. Often there are many pictures to accompany as well, which helps not only non-English speakers but lower ability English speakers as...

Suggestions for a Good Abridged Version of "Gulliver's Travels"?

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:07:26 PST

Hi,I am looking for a good abridged version of the text for my non native students. (Upper intermediate level-2300 to 3000 words.All the abridged versions I find are much too simplified. Do you teach with the full text? Is there a good (not over-)simplified version? Is it translated into modern English. By the way, I have the same problem with Huck Finn.Thank you for your tips.

There simply isn't enough room here to fully discuss GT as a satire. ...

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:49:09 PST

There simply isn't enough room here to fully discuss GT as a satire. That having been said, Gulliver's Travels satirizes many things in English society. A "satire" makes fun of things by making them seem absurd.Swift does this with every day life (the Lilliputs who aregue about which end of the egg to break--the big end or the little end), politicians (the Lilliputs who walk tight ropes to get positions, etc.), science (the...

Discuss Gulliver's Travels as a Satire.

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:05:13 PST

Discuss Gulliver's Travels as a satire.

Each journey in this satirical work by Swift represents a specific...

Thu, 1 May 2008 14:25:22 PST

Each journey in this satirical work by Swift represents a specific "conflict". There are four journeys that Gulliver undertakes and each new society that he encounters causes him to take a look at his own English society. These insights into the politics and human nature create quite a controversy. He uses each new society as a contrast to his own and also demonstrates how each group cannot believe there is a different way of living...

There are four books to Gulliver's Travels and each of them have a...

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:53:32 PST

There are four books to Gulliver's Travels and each of them have a chapter three. I am not certain which one you are referring to, but a mock skirmish is a pretend conflict of some sort. There are a few examples in GT, including but not limited to the tests of skill for the Lilliputian politicians.

In "Gulliver's Travels," what is mock skirmish?

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:04:21 PST

In "Gulliver's Travels," what is mock skirmish?

Gulliver's Travels is a parody of the travel journals famous during...

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:59:59 PST

Gulliver's Travels is a parody of the travel journals famous during Swift's time. In the story, divided into four book, he satirizes everything from British government to science, politics, religion, and society's vanity in general.An allegory is a story when a character or event in the story represents both itself in the literal sense and something else in the figurative sense. It could be actual people, events, ideas, or places that it...

What are the allegorical representations in Gulliver's Travels in...

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:11:11 PST

What are the allegorical representations in Gulliver's Travels in general and in part one in particular?

On having talked at length with Gulliver over the period of time that...

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:54:12 PST

On having talked at length with Gulliver over the period of time that Gulliver spent with the Brobdingnagians, the King comes to the final conclusion that Gulliver and the Europeans are "the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth." This is based on Gulliver's multiple stories about the way they live, customs, manners, and also his demonstration of gunpowder which...

I assume you are referring to Part II of Gullier's Travel's since that...

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:23:53 PST

I assume you are referring to Part II of Gullier's Travel's since that is the first mention of a king; the land of Lilliput in Part I is ruled by an emperor. The king thinks Gulliver, at first glance, is a splacknuck - described in chapter 2 as "an animal in that country very finely shaped, about six foot long". Then, when the king saw Gulliver stand upright and heard him speak, considered Gulliver to be a clockwork toy of great...

To what form of life does the king first compare Gulliver in...

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:15:17 PST

To what form of life does the king first compare Gulliver in "Gulliver's Travels"?

I'm not sure which court you mean. He "entertained" many...

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:33:22 PST

I'm not sure which court you mean. He "entertained" many courts during his excursions. If you mean the Lilliputian court, he most likely entertained them with his sailing skills by walking out into the ocean and sinking their opponents' ships (the Blefescu ships represented France). Actually, he refused to sink them as he is a humanitarian, but he did take them by the anchors and walk them back to their own ports...far from...

It doesn't say anywhere within the text of Gulliver's Travels in Book...

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:53:20 PST

It doesn't say anywhere within the text of Gulliver's Travels in Book Two, The Land of the Brobdingnags, about how big the country actually is. However, it stands to reason that the land mass of this place has to be incredible in proportion to England since Gulliver, himself a six-foot tall man, is comparable to the Lilliputians here. The Lilliputians were a mere six inches or the size of Gulliver's middle finger in comparison to his...

How did Gulliver entertain the court with his sailor's skills?

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:19:23 PST

none

How big is the kingdom of Brobdingnag from Gulliver's Travels?

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:52:35 PST

How big is the kingdom of Brobdingnag from Gulliver's Travels?

Swift's lessons

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:24:45 PST

In what ways does Swift use satire and irony to point out the faults of the Irish as well as the English in "A Modest Proposal"? I would post this on AMP group, but as far as I can tell, there isn't one.

Gulliver meets the emperor in November of 1699 after his ship was...

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:34:04 PST

Gulliver meets the emperor in November of 1699 after his ship was destroyed and he surfaced in Lilliput. Lilliput was inhabited by tiny creatures in contrast to Gulliver's height. They do not speak the same language, and are each wary of each other.The Lilliputians see Gulliver as a threat, and tie him up to avoid any problems. At first, the society does not want to put the emperor in harm's way, so he keeps his distance. After a time, they...

This work is a satire. Swift uses the personna of Lemuel Gulliver, a...

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:22:36 PST

This work is a satire. Swift uses the personna of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's doctor (for credence), to satirize so many issues in the English government. Several conflicts which show throughout the four-book work are the way the government officials handle things like elections, wars, and the affairs of the country--both domestic and foreign. He also makes fun of the scientists of his age, illogical behavior, and the vanity of...

What is the major conflict of the story, "Gulliver's Travels"?

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:25:42 PST

This is for a book report . We have to draw a picture for the major conflict , a picture for the climax and a picture for the conclusion