summay of gulliver's travel
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Chapter I Gulliver summarizes the story of his life before the main plot begins with his arrival in the country of Lilliput.
An emissary from the Emperor climbs onto Gulliver's body and makes clear that he is to be conveyed to the capital city.
Chapter II Gulliver describes in detail the difficult process of defecation, with the aim of defending himself against accusations of uncleanliness.
Gulliver receives many visits from the Emperor and repeatedly asks for his freedom.
Chapter III Gulliver describes two diversions which are practiced by people seeking positions and honors at court. In Skyresh Bolgolam's document listing the conditions of Gulliver's freedom, the Emperor is addressed by his long name and is called the "delight and terror of the universe . . . whose feet press down to the centre, and whose head strikes against the sun ." (Chapter III).
Swift satirizes the system of appointments and honors in contemporary European courts in his description of the Lilliputian diversions of rope-dancing and "leaping and creeping" (Chapter III). Similarly, honors (the pieces of colored silk awarded to Lilliputian favorites accurately describe some of the real honors given by real monarchs) are given to those who leap over, and creep under, a stick held by the Emperor with most agility.
European society's obsession with time is satirized in the Lilliputians' assumption that Gulliver's watch is a god that he worships, since "he seldom did any thing without consulting it" (Chapter II). Gulliver's habits of defecation and urination are detailed, along with an episode in which the Emperor has Gulliver stand with his legs apart and marches his army march underneath them, whereupon they cannot resist looking up.
It is noteworthy that Gulliver seldom gives his own views of what he sees and hears on his travels.