About "Gulliver's Travels"

Gulliver is a British man who loves sailing travel. He studied medicine when he was young, and later worked as a surgeon on a shipping ship. He traveled around the world many times, visited many places, and had many adventures. The most commendable ones are his four trips to the Kingdom of Lilliput, the Kingdom of Adults, the Kingdom of Flying Islands, and the Kingdom of Hui Ma. The following is his travel experience.

On May 4, 1699, Gulliver was hired by the captain of the "Antelope" to sail in the Pacific Ocean. Due to a storm, the "Antelope" ran aground and sank. He and five sailors jumped into the lifeboat to escape, but the boat capsized halfway. Gulliver was blown to Lilliput Island alone by the wind and waves. After landing, he lay down on the grass and fell asleep due to excessive fatigue. When he woke up, he felt that he could not move his whole body. His limbs and body were tightly bound, and even his hair was tied to the ground one by one. He could only lie on his back, and the sun was so intense that he could not open his eyes. At this time, he heard a slight noise around him. At the same time, he felt something crawling on his left leg. The thing gradually climbed up his body, went to his chest, and then to his chin. Gulliver looked down briefly and saw a little man less than six inches tall. He was holding a bow and arrow in both hands and carrying a quiver on his back. He was leading the way with an air of pride, followed by more than forty little men, all in military uniforms. dress up. Gulliver shouted, causing them to run away desperately. Some rolled off him to the ground, and some trampled on themselves and were injured.

After a while, the villain gathered around again. Gulliver became impatient. He turned his left hand slightly, and hundreds of arrows shot at him. He felt like he was being stabbed by needles. Gulliver had to lie still. The villain built a high platform about three or four yards from his right ear. A very respectable officer-like man stood on the high platform and made a speech to him, asking him to surrender. Gulliver had no choice but to surrender. So fifty little men ran forward, cut the ropes, and loosened him. Gulliver pointed to his mouth to show that he was terribly hungry. The little men placed several ladders on both sides of his body. Hundreds of little men carried baskets and poured baskets of food into his mouth in turn. Gulliver had to swallow two or three baskets of food in one mouthful, and the villain was overwhelmed. They were amazed at Gulliver's huge appetite.

Then the villain used fifteen thousand royal horses to pull him into the capital. The emperor (who was a fingernail taller than his subjects) led his ministers to admire Gulliver's presence on a high tower. The residents of Lilliput also came in an endless stream to watch, because this was a giant they had never seen before. The emperor held a meeting of ministers to discuss how to deal with Gulliver. Some people worry that Gulliver's appetite is too large. His food alone can feed 1,720 little people. Diet alone may cause famine in the country; some people advocated killing Gulliver, but they were worried that his huge corpse would stink and cause a plague in the capital. Finally, the emperor decided to let Gulliver stay for the time being, and sent 500 people to work for him. He also called 300 tailors to quickly make him a dress according to the most fashionable style in the country.

One day, Gulliver got permission from the king to visit the imperial city and palace. The imperial city is surrounded by walls, two and a half feet high and eleven inches wide, with a pheasant fort built every ten feet. Gulliver entered the city from the west gate. He walked carefully on the street for fear of stepping on the citizens. He was wearing short clothes because he was afraid that the skirt of his clothes would damage the ridge and eaves of the roof. The houses on both sides of the street are three to five storeys, and the windows and balconies of each house are crowded with people watching the excitement. The two main streets were five feet wide, and those alleys could only accommodate one of Gulliver's feet. The palace is in the center of the city, with a two-foot-high imperial wall. The king wanted Gulliver to visit his grand palace, but Gulliver could not enter. Later, he came up with a clever idea: he selected the largest trees in the imperial garden and used a knife to cut them into two chairs about three feet high. One was placed in the outer court and the other was placed in the inner court. He stepped on the chair and entered the palace. He lay on an open space in the palace and looked up at the palace carefully. There he saw luxurious furnishings and the queen and princess surrounded by their maidservants.

The territory of Lilliput is not large. They have strange customs. When the king was selecting officials, he asked people to dance on a rope. Whoever danced high could become a high official. The Chancellor is considered the highest jumper in the country (by an inch). During the grand festival, officials also performed stunts up and down the emperor's clinging bar. Ribbons of different colors will be awarded according to the level of performance skills. There are two political parties in this country. The difference between them is that one party wears higher heels and the other party wears lower heels. The high-heeled party believed that it was in line with the modern system, while the king preferred the low-heeled party. Therefore, government officials are all people with low affiliations with the party. The hatred between the two parties runs deep. The crown prince wanted to please both sides. For this reason, one of his heels is high and the other is low.

This country often has wars with the neighboring island nation of Blefuscu. The cause of the war was that the island country of Lilliput changed its habit of eating eggs. Instead of breaking the big end first, people were asked to break the small end first. Those in China who were accustomed to following the ancient system were dissatisfied and divided into the "Big Duan Sect" and the "Little Duan Sect". They attack each other as "heresies." The "Big Endians" were suppressed at home, and they fled to Blefuscu, causing a war between the two empires. Not long ago, Blefuscu built a new batch of warships to prepare for another war with Lilliput.

In order to show his loyalty to Lilliput, Gulliver crossed the sea and pulled all the enemy warships over with ropes. For this reason, the king gave him a noble title. Then the king ordered him to destroy Blefuscu and turn it into a province of his own. Gulliver disagreed and said to the emperor: "I will never be someone else's tool to turn a free and brave nation into a slave." The king and ministers became dissatisfied with him and wanted to harm him.

Once, the palace caught fire. Due to difficulty in transporting water, Gulliver peed to put out the fire. This made the queen very disgusted. In addition, the Minister of the Navy was jealous of his achievements, and the Minister of Finance suspected that his wife was having an affair with Gulliver, so the king convened a conspiracy meeting to convict Gulliver of treason and stab his eyes out. After Gulliver learned about it, he hurriedly fled to the ancient country of Blefus. Then he found a small boat from there and left in it. He encountered a British merchant ship on the high seas. He took this merchant ship and returned to London in 1702. Thus ended his first tour.

Gulliver's second trip was on June 20, 1702. He sailed to North America on the Adventure. Arriving at Brobdingnag Island in June of the following year. He and the sailors went to the island to find fresh water and were chased by a giant. His friends rowed and escaped, but he was too late to escape. Gulliver hid in a forest-like wheat field (the wheat ears were at least forty feet high). After a while, he saw a giant coming up from the field. The giant was as tall as an ordinary church steeple, and he could take a step of ten yards. Gulliver heard his call, and the sound was several times louder than the trumpet. At first it sounded like a thunderbolt in the air. After the giant called, seven giants came towards him, holding sickles in their hands. These giants were twelve times taller than Gulliver, and the sickles they held in their hands were as big as six ordinary sickles. It turned out that the first giant was a rich farmer, and the rest were farmers who cut wheat for him. A wheat-cutting giant approached the wheat field where Gulliver was hiding. Gulliver thought of his dangerous situation: either he would be cut to death by a sickle in the wheat field, or he would be trampled to death by a giant. So he shouted loudly.

When the wheat-cutting giant heard the cry, he searched the fields in all directions, and finally found Gulliver. At this time, the giant hesitated a little, and his expression was just like when we meet a small insect and worry about being stung by it. Finally he leaned down, picked up Gulliver between his thumb and forefinger, and looked at it carefully before his eyes. Gulliver tried his best to pretend to be honest and remained motionless. Because he has been lifted sixty feet in the air, if he slips from his fingers, he will fall into a meat pie. Gulliver used gestures to express to the giant the pain of being pinched between his fingers. The giant understood and carefully put Gulliver into his clothes. Then, he ran to his master excitedly.

The rich farmer took Gulliver home. He was left in the care of his nine-year-old daughter Glenda Krich. Gulliver slept on the giant's bed. The mice here are so big that two of them ran into the bed. Gulliver had to draw his sword to defend himself, and finally stabbed one of them to death. The giants in the village regarded Gulliver as a little monster and came to see him one after another. Someone suggested that Gulliver could be used to make money. So the owner put him in a box and took him to various towns for exhibitions. The master also asked Gulliver to perform knife and stick skills, which caused a sensation across the country. Later, he was brought into the palace to perform for the queen and ladies. The queen was very happy and bought him from the rich peasants. At this time, Gulliver was reluctant to leave the rich farmer's daughter Glenda Krich, so he made a request to the queen: to keep the rich farmer's daughter as a nanny. The queen agreed.

Adult Country is a peninsula, one side of which is connected to the mainland. There are fifty-one large cities in the country, which are very densely populated. The king was a very knowledgeable man. He had a "clear mind and precise judgment." He asked Gulliver about European customs, religion, law, government and learning. Gulliver told him about the major events that had happened in Britain in the past hundred years. But after hearing this, he said: "These big things are just a lot of conspiracy, rebellion, assassination, massacre, revolution and exile", and accused: "Most of your compatriots are the abominable little people crawling on the ground in nature." "The most harmful type of poisonous insect." Gulliver suggested helping him make gunpowder and guns to strengthen his national defense. The king was greatly disgusted and believed that the people who invented these murderous weapons were "enemies of mankind" and "he would rather abandon half of the country than hear this secret." He is to govern the country with reason and kindness. His evaluation of people is: "Whoever can make two bunches of corn ears and two blades of grass grow on the land that originally produced only one ear of corn and one blade of grass will do more good to mankind than all politicians. The contribution to the country is even greater." So Gulliver believed, "This monarch has all kinds of respectable, beloved and admirable qualities: he has outstanding talents, infinite wisdom, profound knowledge, and the ability to govern the country. , and was also supported by the people."

Gulliver lived in the adult country for two years. Once, when he and the king were traveling, the box containing him was carried into the air by an eagle, and then fell into the sea. Fortunately, he met a British seagoing ship and rescued him. So he returned to London in June 1706. Ended his trip to the adult country...

Gulliver traveled four times and had adventures, which lasted sixteen years and seven months. He recorded these personal experiences, "The only purpose is for the benefit of the public, so I will never be disappointed no matter what."