Part-III Summary

Chapter-I

Gulliver’s third voyage

Within ten days of Gulliver’s stay at home, Captain William Robinson comes with a proposal for “a voyage to the East Indies in two months.” Gulliver accept it and justifies this to the reader, “I could not reject this proposal; the thirst I had of seeing the world, notwithstanding my past misfortunes, continuing as violent as ever.”

Gulliver begins his third voyage on August 5, 1706. Their ship reaches Fort St. George. While the captain resolves to attend to his business at Tonquin, he gives the command of a sloop to Gulliver.

Gulliver’s sloop captured by two pirates

A great storm diverts the sloop from its path. Later, they become a victim to two pirates. Gulliver pleads to the Dutchman to set them free, but that only annoys him further. Finally, with the intervention of a Japanese pirate, Gulliver is left alone in the ocean, on a canoe with only about eight days of provisions.

Gulliver received in Laputa

Gulliver remembers seeing a group of islands on his way. He manages to reach one of the islands but finds it rocky and uninhabited. For five days, he explores a new island every day, but without any hope of survival. While taking a stroll on the last island, he finds a landmass floating in the air. Though baffled at the sight, he makes the inhabitants understand, through signs, his intention to come to their island. Consequently, he is pulled onto the landmass by means of a chain attached to pulleys.

Gulliver’s third voyage

Within ten days of Gulliver’s stay at home, Captain William Robinson comes with a proposal for “a voyage to the East Indies in two months.” Gulliver accept it and justifies this to the reader, “I could not reject this proposal; the thirst I had of seeing the world, notwithstanding my past misfortunes, continuing as violent as ever.”

Gulliver begins his third voyage on August 5, 1706. Their ship reaches Fort St. George. While the captain resolves to attend to his business at Tonquin, he gives the command of a sloop to Gulliver.

Gulliver’s sloop captured by two pirates

A great storm diverts the sloop from its path. Later, they become a victim to two pirates. Gulliver pleads to the Dutchman to set them free, but that only annoys him further. Finally, with the intervention of a Japanese pirate, Gulliver is left alone in the ocean, on a canoe with only about eight days of provisions.

Gulliver received in Laputa

Gulliver remembers seeing a group of islands on his way. He manages to reach one of the islands but finds it rocky and uninhabited. For five days, he explores a new island every day, but without any hope of survival. While taking a stroll on the last island, he finds a landmass floating in the air. Though baffled at the sight, he makes the inhabitants understand, through signs, his intention to come to their island. Consequently, he is pulled onto the landmass by means of a chain attached to pulleys.

The Laputians

With their heads tilted to either side, the inhabitants of the island seem strange to Gulliver. He also notices that one of their eyes is turned inwards while the other upwards. Their clothes have astronomical and musical instruments drawn on them. They always seem to be so deeply engrossed in their thoughts that they need to be roused by their servants or flappers. The job of these flappers is to aid conversation or to save their master from accidents by gently flapping their master’s mouth or ear or eyes as per the demand of the sense organs that needs to be brought into action.

Gulliver’s reception at the court

Gulliver is taken to the chamber of presence in the king’s palace. He finds a large table, filled with various mathematical instruments, placed before the king. The king does not notice him initially. Being roused, he asks Gulliver several questions, but neither of them could understand each other. Hence, Gulliver is given an apartment in the court and two servan…