SHORT STORY 1. Answer the following questions briefly.
A. Why did Gulliver want to meet the king of Blefusco?
B. What punishment was announced for Gulliver.?
Answers
Answer:
A Ans) Gulliver is asked to help defend Lilliput against the empire of Blefuscu, with which Lilliput is at war over which end of an egg should be broken, this being a matter of religious doctrine. ... He flees to Blefuscu, where he finds a normal-size boat and is thus able to return to England.
B Ans) Gulliver is punished for saving palace of Lilliput by urinating. A clyster inserted into his rear, half covered by curtain. A minister carried in a thimble, supervising the Lilliputian people.
Explanation:
Answer:
Gulliver asks the Emperor of Lilliput for permission to go to Blefuscu. The Emperor agrees, but he's unhappy about it – Skyresh Bolgolam (Gulliver's enemy at court) and Flimnap (the treasurer of the country) both use Gulliver's desire to visit Blefuscu as evidence against his loyalty to Lilliput.
Explanation:
The Emperor, a fool as well as an ingrate, succumbs to the influence of the smears and innuendos whispered in his ear by his slippery subordinates. He decides to punish Gulliver "humanely" by making him blind and allowing him to starve to death.
Gulliver is punished for saving palace of Lilliput by urinating. A clyster inserted into his rear, half covered by curtain. A minister carried in a thimble, supervising the Lilliputian people.