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After a storm at sea, Lemuel Gulliver, a ship’s doctor, is
shipwrecked on the island of Lilliput.
The people of Lilliput are
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Gulliver’s voyage to LillipGulliver’s voyage to LillipGulliver’s voyage to LillipGulliver’s voyage to Lilliputututut
After a storm at sea, Lemuel Gulliver, a ship’s doctor, is
shipwrecked on the island of Lilliput.
The people of Lilliput are
only 15 centimetres tall so they think Gulliver is a giant sent by
their enemies from the neighbouring island of Belfusco.
They
are frightened, so they capture him and tie him to the ground to
stop him from escaping.
Gulliver tells the people his story and promised to help them
in their fight against Belfusco.
He soon becomes a favourite of
the king.
Gulliver then helps them to beat their enemies by
stealing all their ships, but he does not agree with the idea of punishing the people of the
island.
This makes the king angry and he decides that Gulliver must die.
Luckily, a friend
helps Gulliver to escape to Belfusco and he sails home.
In the story of Gulliver in Lilliput, Jonathan Swift is making fun of European
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