charactersketch of gulliver in 100 words
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Gulliver the Man
As you might expect, Lemuel Gulliver is the star and central character of Gulliver's Travels. In fact, he narrates the novel himself, and he is the only genuinely developed character in the whole book. Other figures in Gulliver's Travels absolutely fade into the background. For example, Gulliver only mentions his wife, Mary, in passing as he stays home just long enough to get her pregnant again before heading out to the high seas. Yes, Gulliver is pretty much it when it comes to rounded, individual characters in this novel.Gulliver is the son of a middle-class family in Nottinghamshire, England. He has studied medicine both in England and at the University of Leiden in Holland. Gulliver has also served as an apprentice under a master surgeon, Mr. James Bates. Mainly, Gulliver has two great gifts. For one, though, he isn't a nobleman, he's a really smart guy. Also, he is interested in people-watching ("My hours of leisure I spent [...] in observing the manners and dispositions of the people" (1.1.3)).Both of these traits come in handy. First, Gulliver's medium-class birth means that he is pretty flexible in terms of the social circles he moves in.
As you might expect, Lemuel Gulliver is the star and central character of Gulliver's Travels. In fact, he narrates the novel himself, and he is the only genuinely developed character in the whole book. Other figures in Gulliver's Travels absolutely fade into the background. For example, Gulliver only mentions his wife, Mary, in passing as he stays home just long enough to get her pregnant again before heading out to the high seas. Yes, Gulliver is pretty much it when it comes to rounded, individual characters in this novel.Gulliver is the son of a middle-class family in Nottinghamshire, England. He has studied medicine both in England and at the University of Leiden in Holland. Gulliver has also served as an apprentice under a master surgeon, Mr. James Bates. Mainly, Gulliver has two great gifts. For one, though, he isn't a nobleman, he's a really smart guy. Also, he is interested in people-watching ("My hours of leisure I spent [...] in observing the manners and dispositions of the people" (1.1.3)).Both of these traits come in handy. First, Gulliver's medium-class birth means that he is pretty flexible in terms of the social circles he moves in.
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lthough Gulliver is a bold adventurer who visits a multitude of strange
lands, it is difficult to regard him truly heroic. Even well before his slide
into misanthropic at the end of the book, he simply does not show the
stuff of which great heroes are made. He is not cowardly- on the contrary, he
undergoes the unerring experience if nearly being devoured by a giant rat,
taken captive by pirates, shipwrecked on far away shores, and shot in the face
with poison arrows. Yet despite the courage Gulliver shows throughout his
voyages, his character lacks basic greatness. This impression we form because
he rarely shows his feelings reveals his soul or experiences great passion of any
sort. Gulliver's goal on his sea voyage is uncertain. He says that he needs to
make money after the failure of his business, but he rarely mention finances
throughout the work.
We may also note Gulliver's lack of ingenuity and savvy. Gulliver seems to think
up tricks, and thus ends up being passive in most of the situation in which he
finds himself. He is held captive several times throughout his voyages, but he is
never once released through his own stratagems, relying instead a chance
factors for his liberation.
Gulliver is gullible. For eg. He misses the obvious ways in which the Lilliputians
exploit him. Travelling to different countries and returning to England in
between each voyage he provides us with literal facts and narrative events.
He is self hating, self proclaimed yahoo at the end, announcing his misanthropy
quite loudly, but even this attitude is difficult to accept as the moral of the
story. Gulliver is not a figure with whom we identify but, rather, part of the
array of personalities and behaviours about which we must make judgements.
lands, it is difficult to regard him truly heroic. Even well before his slide
into misanthropic at the end of the book, he simply does not show the
stuff of which great heroes are made. He is not cowardly- on the contrary, he
undergoes the unerring experience if nearly being devoured by a giant rat,
taken captive by pirates, shipwrecked on far away shores, and shot in the face
with poison arrows. Yet despite the courage Gulliver shows throughout his
voyages, his character lacks basic greatness. This impression we form because
he rarely shows his feelings reveals his soul or experiences great passion of any
sort. Gulliver's goal on his sea voyage is uncertain. He says that he needs to
make money after the failure of his business, but he rarely mention finances
throughout the work.
We may also note Gulliver's lack of ingenuity and savvy. Gulliver seems to think
up tricks, and thus ends up being passive in most of the situation in which he
finds himself. He is held captive several times throughout his voyages, but he is
never once released through his own stratagems, relying instead a chance
factors for his liberation.
Gulliver is gullible. For eg. He misses the obvious ways in which the Lilliputians
exploit him. Travelling to different countries and returning to England in
between each voyage he provides us with literal facts and narrative events.
He is self hating, self proclaimed yahoo at the end, announcing his misanthropy
quite loudly, but even this attitude is difficult to accept as the moral of the
story. Gulliver is not a figure with whom we identify but, rather, part of the
array of personalities and behaviours about which we must make judgements.
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