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When the Lilliputians discover Gulliver, they seem to have mixed feelings about him. What are their feelings and how do they show them?
They tie him up and shoot arrows at him out of fear, climb onto him out of curiosity, and bring him food and drink out of kindness.
Based on the way that the word odious is used in the text, which word is the synonym for odious? Explain why your answer choice is correct.
a. beautiful
b. sneaky
c. disgusting
d. small
c, Explanation: The King states, "I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth." Odious is associated with "pernicious" and "vermin," words that also have negative connotations.
Gulliver is described as a giant in size compared to the inhabitants of Lilliput and Blefescu. How does this difference in size serve to reinforce Swift's opinion about the rift between England and France as presented in Gulliver's Travels? Cite one or two examples from the text to support your answer.
The small size of the Lilliputians and the Blefescudians represents their small-mindedness in refusing to end this conflict. Because he is a giant and therefore "above" the Lilliputians and Blefuscudians, both literally and figuratively, in this quarrel, Gulliver is easily able to change the course of the conflict by capturing the Blefuscudians' ships and averting bloodshed.
They tie him up and shoot arrows at him out of fear, climb onto him out of curiosity, and bring him food and drink out of kindness.
Based on the way that the word odious is used in the text, which word is the synonym for odious? Explain why your answer choice is correct.
a. beautiful
b. sneaky
c. disgusting
d. small
c, Explanation: The King states, "I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth." Odious is associated with "pernicious" and "vermin," words that also have negative connotations.
Gulliver is described as a giant in size compared to the inhabitants of Lilliput and Blefescu. How does this difference in size serve to reinforce Swift's opinion about the rift between England and France as presented in Gulliver's Travels? Cite one or two examples from the text to support your answer.
The small size of the Lilliputians and the Blefescudians represents their small-mindedness in refusing to end this conflict. Because he is a giant and therefore "above" the Lilliputians and Blefuscudians, both literally and figuratively, in this quarrel, Gulliver is easily able to change the course of the conflict by capturing the Blefuscudians' ships and averting bloodshed.