Answer any one of the following questions in 150-200 words.
What reminds the author of Uncle Podger ? How did Uncle Podger work when he undertook to do a job like hanging a picture ?
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What was Harris' opinion about George ?
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Describe briefly what happened to the 'Antelope'. Where did Gulliver find himself and in what condition when he woke up ?
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Write a character sketch of the emperor of Lilliput.
Answers
Harris’ method of doing work reminds the author of Uncle Podger. There was a picture standing in the dining-room, waiting to be put up. Uncle Podger reassured everyone that he would do it. Then, he sent the girl out for six pen worth of nails, and then one of the boys after her to tell her what size to get. He sent other members of the family to bring a hammer, ladder, chair, lamp, rule, pencil, etc. He again sent the girl for a bit of picture-cord. He finally lifted the picture and dropped it. In an attempt to save the picture, he cut himself. Then, he sat on his coat and made the family members find the coat to get his handkerchief. When he was at work, the others would stand round in a semi-circle, ready to help. While trying to hang it, he lost the nail and the hammer also. Then, he lost sight of the mark he had made on the wall for the nail. Trying to put the nail, he smashed his thumb and dropped the hammer, with a yell, on somebody’s toes. Finally, he made a new hole and about midnight, the picture was up but still a little crooked.
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Harris felt George never came and helped his friends. He never took a day’s holiday and joined his friends. He did not do any work in the bank and pretended to do something sitting behind a bit of glass. Harris felt George was a very lazy person, who never wanted to work but would always boss around. Harris always got angry at George whenever he objected to his work. He always spoke ill about George in his absence. Harris was of the opinion that George always stated that he had no work to do but the fact was that he didn’t want to do the work when he asked George to get out of the boat and tow it, he was reluctant; he began to think of a story about towing a boat. He said that whenever he didn’t get his way, he got upset. Harris felt even 24 hours of sleep: be it summer or winter, was not enough for George because whenever he got a chance to sleep, he would just snore off. George was very clever in taking advantage of others.
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Gulliver set sail from Bristol on the board ’Antelope’, on 4th May 1699. But for his bad luck, the ship was caught in a violent storm. It hit a large rock. Gulliver found himself adrift and alone. Pushed by wind and tide, he swam to shore and fell into a deep slumber. Next day when he woke up he tried to raise himself, but was unable to do so. He was tied to ground in such a way, that he couldn’t move his head right or left. Through the corner of his eyes, he saw tiny, six inches high creatures with bow and arrows. Actually, he had reached the land of little men, the ’Lilliput’. The Lilliputians were only fifteen centimetres tall. Gulliver gave out a shout of shock when he looked at such small creatures. His shout was so loud that those tiny creatures got frightened and jumped back.
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The ruler of Lilliput, like all Lilliputains, is less than
six inches tall. His power and majesty impress Gulliver deeply but to us he appears both laughable and
sinister. Because of his tiny size, his belief that he can control Gulliver, seems silly. But his
willingness to execute his subjects for minor crimes and lapses, gives him a frightening aspect. He is proud of
possessing the tallest trees and biggest palace in the kingdom. The best feature of his personality
is that he is also quite hospitable. He spends a fortune on his captive's food. The emperor is both
a satire on the autocratic ruler and a strangely serious portrait of political power. He believed
himself to be the delight and terror of the universe. He was delighted with Gulliver's achievement when
he defeated the army of Blefuscu and expected Gulliver to continue his attack on armed forces of
Blefuscu as he wanted to rule over them. When Gulliver showed his unwillingness in causing so much
damage, he became easily prejudiced against his friendliness towards the monarch of Blefuscu and
sentenced Gulliver to be blinded and starved to death.
Answer:
What is the great service performed by Gulliver to the Emperor of Lilliput and what is his reward?
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Write a character-sketch of the Queen of Brobdingnag.
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What was Harris’ opinion about George?
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What reminds the author of Uncle Podger? How does Uncle Podger work when he undertook to do a job like hanging a picture?
Answer:
Value Points:
Service which is rendered by Gulliver—attacking the military army of Blefuscu.
Gulliver seizes the fleet of ship and ties together with cables and pulls to the royal parts of Lilliput.
Emperor of Lilliput—happy in the victory—tells Gulliver to make Blefuscudians his slaves.
Gulliver tells that they (Blefuscudians) have to be equal to them (Lilliputians) and requests the two empires to sign the peace treaty.
Gulliver’s reward is the acceptance of Gulliver’s ideas by the Emperor though the Emperor is not completely satisfied.
Detailed Answer:
The emperor of Lilliput became a good friend of Gulliver and he told him about the Blefuscan attack on Lilliput. His secretary sought Gullivers help to which Gulliver agreed. He devised a plan | and ordered fifty metal hooks. Then he fastened them to a piece of strong rope. Carrying the rope and the hooks he swam to Blefuscu. The Blefuscans got frightened of him and jumped out of their ships to swim to the beach. Gulliver used one hook for each ship and tied all the ropes together. The Blefuscans army shot arrows at him to scare him away but of no use. Of course, the arrows hurt him and caused him pain also but, they did not deter his spirit and he kept on doing his work. He captured the enemy fleet and started walking through the waves, pulling all the enemy’s warships behind him. The enemies made terrible cries but Gulliver kept on pulling the warships and reached Lilliput safely.
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Value Points:
pleasant and powerful
buys Gulliver for 1,000 pieces of gold
appointed nurse to take Gulliver’s care
punishes the Dwarf insulting Gulliver
loves going to places
good home maker
Detailed Answer:
The queen of Brobdingnag is very generous to Gulliver. Gulliver was also delighted in her company. The queen feels pleasure with the beauty and smartness of Gulliver.
This was the reason why she buys him for 1000 pieces of gold from the farmer.
Gulliver speaks very high about her and appreciates her kindness as he has experienced uncountable hardships .and difficulties at the farmer’s house who used to show him in public for money when he is presented before the queen, he shows his usual fawning love for royalty by kissing the tip of her little finger. Gulliver has no limit of words to praise her and calls her full of ’infinite’ wit and humour. Though it seems to be a flattery on Gulliver’s part. The queen in considerate and asks him to live at court. She does not consider him to be simply a pet. She is a powerful person but of a pleasant personality.
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Harris felt George never came and helped his friends. He never took a day’s holiday and joined his friends. He did not do any work in the bank and pretended to do something sitting behind a bit of glass. Harris felt George was a very lazy person, who never wanted to work but would always boss around. Harris always got angry at George whenever he objected to his work. He always spoke ill about George in his absence. He said that whenever he didn’t get his way, he got upset. Harris felt even 24 hours of sleep be it summer or winter, was not enough for George because whenever he got a chance to sleep he would just snore off. George was very clever in taking advantage of others.
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Harris’ method of doing work reminds the author of Uncle Podger. There was a picture standing in the dining-room, waiting to be put up. He reassured everyone that he would do it. Then he sent the
girl out for six pence worth of nails, and then one of the boys after her to tell her what size to get. He sends other members of the family to bring a hammer, ladder, chair, lamp, ruler, pencil, etc. He again sent the girl for a bit of picture-cord. He finally lifted the picture and dropped it. In an attempt to save the picture he cut himself. Then he sat on his coat and made the family members find the coat to get his handkerchief. When he was at work the others would stand round in a semi-circle, ready to help. While trying to hang it he lost the nail and the hammer also. Then he lost sight of the mark that he had made on the wall for the nail. Trying to put the nail he smashed his thumb, and dropped the hammer, with a yell, on somebody’s toes. Finally, he made a new hole and about midnight the picture was up but still a little crooked.