Answer the questions in 80 to 100 words:
1. How did Gulliver reach to the island of Lilliput?
2. How was Gulliver carried to the metropolis?
3. What were the things the Lilliputians got from Gulliver's pocket?
Dear student,
- When Gulliver was on the ship ‘Antelope’, it was caught in a violent storm. Everything was destroyed but Gulliver somehow managed to swim and reach the shore. He was tired and so he immediately fell asleep. When he woke up he found himself chained by little men. They were Lilliputians who lived there. Thus, he reached the island of Lilliput.
- Gulliver after facing the shipwreck drowns in water and finds himself unconscious on the Island. Awaking after nine hours, he is astonished to discover that while unconscious, he has been made prisoner by a band of miniature people. Despite being only 6 inches tall they have managed to bind him to the ground. On the demand on imperial emissary, Gulliver is to be carried as a prisoner to capital city. The engineers and mathematicians have constructed an enormous frame on wheels. Gulliver is placed on this frame with the help of pulleys. Fifteen hundred horses are required to drag this frame to the capital.
- The emperor wanted to find out if Gulliver had anything that would be harmful to them, so he had his pockets searched. The officers found that Gulliver had swords and pistols with him. These items were taken away from him.