Answer any one of the following questions in 150-200 words.
What is the justification given by the narrator for the people crowding the towns and cities ? What does it reveal about human nature ?
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Write the character sketch of Jerome.
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The little size of Gulliver exposed him to several dangers and ridiculous situations. Explain with reference to Gulliver's voyage to Brobdingnag.
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Draw a pen portrait of the Lilliputians.
Answers
Jerome the narrator was a nature lover. Under the same
light, he remarked that ’we all are the creatures of the sun’ ? We love light and life. We all love
to live in a city among the people. There is crowd in towns and cities but the countries are deserted.
The day will be pleasant but evenings will be depressing, ghostly and frightening. Humans love
hill-side and deep woods. But after sunset, They seem lonesome. That is why, we live in cities where
lamps are lighted and people shout and sing together and nature is alive and busy all around us
with open hill-sides and deep woods. It reveals the fact that human beings never want to be deserted
or left alone. He wants to live in a lively society.
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Jerome a young man with brown hair, is the narrator of this story. He is fussy about his health and was always complaining of ilh1ess. He loves rivers and dogs. He thinks himself to be a very intelligent person. He has an aversion to work and thinks that hard jobs are meant for youngsters. While reading a patent liver-pill circular, he suspected that he had a serious liver problem. He concluded that he suffered from all ailments except ’house maid knee’. He believed that he is a hospital in himself and students could study him and get their diplomas. The doctor’s prescription is a conclusive proof of Jerome being a hypochondriac. He considers himself to be good at packing but fails to do so. He is a funny and a lazy person who looks for adventure but does not have an adventurous spirit.
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Gulliver escapes Lilliput and returns briefly to England before the second voyage takes him to Brobdingnag. There, he finds himself dwarfed by inhabitants who are 60 feet tall. Gulliver’s comparatively tiny size now makes him wholly dependent on the protection of others and he comes across the dangerous huge rats and a curious toddler. Gulliver also incurs the contempt of the virtuous Brobdingnag rulers when the gunpowder display, intended to impress his hosts as an exemplary product of European Civilization, proves disastrous. The Queen’s dwarf, who had become jealous of Gulliver, tried to drown him in a bowl of cream and also tried to stuff him in a bone. Gulliver was also troubled by the huge sized bees and wasps there.
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The Lilliputians were small in stature - only six inches in
height. The emperor was slightly taller. They were very hospitable people. They fed Gulliver with
meat and drink which was sufficient to feed 1,724 Lilliputians. By doing, so they risked famine as
he consumed a large quantity of food. Even six hundred people were provided to him who would work as
his servants. They had wonderful eyesight and were wonderful mathematicians and craftsmen.
They wrote in slanting manner from one corner to the other. They buried their dead with heads
pointing downwards. They believed that the earth is flat. They lived in harmony and class
distinctions were practiced in their society. They had separate nurseries for boys and girls. Girls were taught
how to become good housewives. They were wonderful planners and executed their plans with
perfection. Some of them suffered from human vices like jealousy and suspicion.