Answer:
Gulliver's
Travels
The emperor of Blefuscu attacked
Lilliput with a fleet of fifty ships. Gulliver watched them for a while and
also measured the depth of the water. Gulliver arranged for fifty hooks and
fifty icon cables. Twisting these cables together he bent their ends into hook
like shapes and securedly tied cables to fifty, such hooked bars. When this
man-mountain attacked beneath the water, the sea men panicked and ran for their
lives. Gulliver then fixed the hooks into the prows of the ships and tied all
the cables together.
The soldiers of Blefuscu rained
arrows at him continuously. But Gulliver's spectacles worked as a protection
for his eyes. He cut the cables that fastened the anchors with his knife and
took the whole fleet towards the royal port of Lilliput. The Blefuscu were
confused in fear to see Gulliver's unusual size. The emperor of Lilliput was very
pleased and awarded him with the title of Nardac after the victory.
Or
Flimnap was the lord high
treasurer of Lilliput who harboured a feeling of hatred and enmity against
Gulliver. He often looked at Gulliver with a sour expression as if it was
difficult for him to contain or conceal his suppressed hatred against Gulliver.
Outwardly, he tried to appear more friendly than he usually was. Flimnap had complained
to the king of how Gulliver was costing the state treasury exorbitantly. He was
successful in manipulating the king against Gulliver to conspire and place the
conditions of impeachment officially against Gulliver. He influenced Skyresh to
join the conspiracy.
He blamed Gulliver of having
relation with his wife and utilised this made up issue to stimulate the
conspiracy. As a character, Flimnap was a satire on the machineries to acquire
and enjoy power. So he was successful in insisting the emperor to take the
first possible opportunity to throw Gulliver out. The rumour resulted in a lot
of animosity and Flimnap easily aggravated the situation against Gulliver.
Flimnap could easily turn the wheel in his favour.
Three Men in a
Boat
The narrator gives an account on
the past glory of Kingston or Kyningestun as it was called once. As he crosses
the river, Thames, he recalls the historical glory in the fact that great
Caesar had once crossed the river Thames when his army men had put up their
camps on the sloping highlands. He also ponders on Elizabeth, the Queen of
England who had stopped at a number of places and was fond of pubs and public
places. Many of the old houses still speak of Kingston's glory when it was a
royal territory with nobles and courtiers to live in red brick houses.
The narrator remembers that the
glory of the Saxon period ended with the end of the rule of the Saxon-kings which
had eclipsed the greatness of Kingston. Hampton court became the hub of royal activities
during the
reign of the Tudor and streat
kings. The narrator with a mind of an observer, also got reminded of the
cherished moments of the past when King Edway from the old palaces had once
left the noisy celebration of his coronation with his beloved Queen Eligiva to
enjoy the moonlight for a few moments. These reflections
historically capture the
narrator while moving along Kingston.
Or
Harris always reminded the
narrator of his poor uncle Podger. They readily involved others in actually
having
the task done. Once uncle Podger
undertook the job of hanging a picture on the wall when he came out very
clumsy and inefficient in the
entire deal. All the members of the family stood in attendance when Podger
tried to stick a nail in the wall. He struggled hard to hang the picture and
even dropped it down. He had tried to save the glass when he cut himself,
Harris too like uncle Podger wanted to take the credit of doing something which
he actually did not do.
When the three friends decided
to make a list for things to be carried for the trip, Harris instead of doing
the work himself, only asked the narrator to bring him a piece of paper and he
also asked George to get him the catalogue of grocery. He also wanted somebody
to give him the required pencil. Thus Harris, without virtually doing anything
pretended to take upon himself the burden of the whole task. Thus Harris and
uncle Podger resembled each other and were identical in the context of their
responses.
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