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The character sketch of Captain Robinson and Den Metro

Captain William Robinson was the commander of ship called Hopewell. He was a Cornish man and treated Gulliver like a brother. He had been on a voyage with Gulliver and that is why he knew him well. He wanted him to be a part of his next voyage to East Indies.Don Pedro was the captain of the Portuguese ship that took Gulliver back to Europe after he was forced to leave the country of the Houyhnhnms. He was a generous man as heoffered Gulliver his own best suit of clothes to replace the tatters he was wearing. He was also able to make a conversation with Gulliver though Gulliver disliked him a lot.

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Captain William Robinson
  • A Cornish man
  • An honest man
  • Commander of Hopewell, a stout ship of 300 hundred tons
  • Generous officer
  • He offers generous terms to Gulliver to go on a voyage to East Indies, which turns out to be Gulliver’s 3rd voyage
  • He treated Gulliver more like a brother, than a subordinate
  • Gulliver had formerly been a surgeon and fourth-part owner of a ship where he was master
  • It was from Captain Robinson’s ship that Gulliver was tossed into the sea which made Gulliver land in the flying island -Laputa. 
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