Chapter 1
Notes:
August 5th, 1706 ( set out)
April 11th, 1707 (arrived)
Stayed 3 weeks to refresh crew, many of whom were sick
Went to Tonquin
Attacked by pirates.
Latitude of 46N Longitude of 183
Dutchman had authority but not commander of either ship
Spoke to him in Dutch which infuriated him even more
Since Gulliver pissed off the Dutchman, he sent Gulliver off into the ocean
Gulliver come upon many islands and lands on one of them
Eats eggs and roasts seaweeds
The sun is blocked out by a mysterious object
It is an Island
Island lowers down a chain to which Gulliver is taken up into.
Chapter 2
Question: For such a seemingly sophisticated civilization with much of their language comprised of mathematics and musical concepts, these …show more content…
gulliver goes to Glubbdubdrib and eats dinner with the governor
The governor has the power to recall any figure in history
Gulliver messes around with this and summons Caesar, Pompey, Brutus, Alexander the Great, etc.
Gulliver messes around with this tool for awhile
Chapter 8
Notes:
Gulliver is still on Glubbdubdrib and is still messing around with this tool
Summons Aristotle, Homer, Rene Descarte to have an argument match to chit chat about their accomplishments and how the world has been, etc.
“ I then desired the Governor to call up Descartes and Gassendi with whom I prevailed to explain their system to Aristotle” (200)
Chapter 9
Corruption in such a high intellectual empire? Why is that so?
Notes:
Gulliver returns to Luggnagg to which he is imprisoned yet he yearns to return to England.
“I was surprised to find corruption grown so high and so quick in that empire” (204)
Gulliver learns that tradition is to lick the floor before the king and sometimes he laces poison on the floor to kill his enemies.
Chapter 10
What is so specific with the age 80 that upon passing that milestone your life is altered
Notes:
August 5th, 1706 ( set out)
April 11th, 1707 (arrived)
Stayed 3 weeks to refresh crew, many of whom were sick
Went to Tonquin
Attacked by pirates.
Latitude of 46N Longitude of 183
Dutchman had authority but not commander of either ship
Spoke to him in Dutch which infuriated him even more
Since Gulliver pissed off the Dutchman, he sent Gulliver off into the ocean
Gulliver come upon many islands and lands on one of them
Eats eggs and roasts seaweeds
The sun is blocked out by a mysterious object
It is an Island
Island lowers down a chain to which Gulliver is taken up into.
Chapter 2
Question: For such a seemingly sophisticated civilization with much of their language comprised of mathematics and musical concepts, these …show more content…
gulliver goes to Glubbdubdrib and eats dinner with the governor
The governor has the power to recall any figure in history
Gulliver messes around with this and summons Caesar, Pompey, Brutus, Alexander the Great, etc.
Gulliver messes around with this tool for awhile
Chapter 8
Notes:
Gulliver is still on Glubbdubdrib and is still messing around with this tool
Summons Aristotle, Homer, Rene Descarte to have an argument match to chit chat about their accomplishments and how the world has been, etc.
“ I then desired the Governor to call up Descartes and Gassendi with whom I prevailed to explain their system to Aristotle” (200)
Chapter 9
Corruption in such a high intellectual empire? Why is that so?
Notes:
Gulliver returns to Luggnagg to which he is imprisoned yet he yearns to return to England.
“I was surprised to find corruption grown so high and so quick in that empire” (204)
Gulliver learns that tradition is to lick the floor before the king and sometimes he laces poison on the floor to kill his enemies.
Chapter 10
What is so specific with the age 80 that upon passing that milestone your life is altered