Alina answered this
Well...unique gal m frm 10th n wud lyk to tell u tht no need to stress so much on this novel....as v 10th graders too hav one :)) U cn read d summary of each chptr n jz undrstnd it !! Well i guess gulliver travel novel is quite easy and intrstng :)) n then u cn make chrtctr skethc on ua own
All d best sisy :))
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Chocoholic Girl answered this
Ok thanx for you suggestion alina sisoo ... actually .. even our mam told that only 1 brief question will come in exam based on that novel ... yep its interesting :))
Same to u sista :)
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Dev Khandelwal answered this
The emperor of Lilliput is egocentric and acts much like a despotic ruler. He demands that his officials walk on tightropes and perform other dangerous acts to obtain and keep their jobs. They oblige, even though these feats have nothing to do with their jobs, just to keep the emperor happy.
The leader also shows a lack of judgment in allowing a fight between two nations to rage on about the proper method to crack eggs. This long, insignificant battle has raged for years and cost many lives.
In order to be freed from his bonds, Gulliver must agree to a long list of items, including defending Lilliput at all costs. However, the emporer shows his lack of appreciation for Gulliver both saving his wife's life in the burning castle and for repelling an attack on Lilliput by impeaching him.
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Naman Sharma answered this
Swift is definitely playing with fire with this one: the Lilliputian Emperor represents the King of England at the time of the publication of Gulliver's Travels, George I. George was a strongly pro-Whig king. The King actively persecuted the Tories, hence the whole high heel/low heel thing (discussed in the Lilliputians' "Character Analysis"). The Emperor's vulnerability to manipulation by his ministers, Flimnap and Skyresh Bolgolam, implies that the actual King, George I, is too easily influenced by his favorites.
The Emperor of Lilliput also loves war, and really wants to enslave the people of his neighboring island, Blefuscu. When Gulliver refuses to help him destroy Blefuscu's freedom, the Emperor starts to hate Gulliver. This may be a reference to George I's war with France and Austria over Spanish territories in the War of the Spanish Succession.
Besides satirizing the man's government, Swift gets in a couple of quick jabs at his personal appearance: apparently George I was really unattractive (source: Robert Greenberg, Editor, Gulliver's Travels. New York: Norton, 1961, 13). This makes Gulliver's excessively admiring physical description of the Lilliputian Emperor kind of snippy.
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