Answer:
Gulliver's
Travels
Gulliver's punishment was rooted
in an intrigue that had been created against him by the several members of the
emperor's court. Reldressal, the Principal Secretary of Private Affairs in
Lilliput came to meet Gulliver secretly He informed Gulliver that a conspiracy
had been hatched against him by Skyresh Bolgolam and Flimnap. Many charges were
brought against him that he had refused to obey the emperor's command to seize
all the ships of Blefuscu. He had entertained the ambassadors from the court of
Blefuscu when it was known that they were the enemies of Lilliput.
His preparing to make a voyage
to Blefuscu was seen by the Lilliputians as aiding and comforting the enemy.The
charges were officially placed in front of the Royal Court. The council had
decided to punish Gulliver by killing him, when Reldressal, one of Gulliver's well-wishers
had appealed for Gulliver's life with the condition toblind him. The appeal was
granted. It was decided that Gulliver's eyes were going to be put out and he
wouldbe starved to death. Gulliver became afraid and decided to escape to
Blefuscu to save himself.
Or
Skyresh Bolgolam was posted in
the position of admiral who belonged to the member of the court in Lilliput.
Hewas envious of Gulliver's success at defeating the Blefuscu navy. When
Flimnap went against Gulliver, Bolgolam took Flimnap's side. He was influenced
by the words of Flimnap to join the conspiracy againstGulliver. Although to
Gulliver, Skyresh's enmity was entirely personal. With Skyresh, we are reminded
of Gulliver's comment that "ingratitude" was a capital crime to the
Lilliputians.
This was the reason why those
little creatures tended to be meaner to those who had done them a favour. Skyresh
did not judge the situation. He easily went against Gulliver. He was envious of
Gulliver's impression in the royal family. Skyresh, as a character was like men
in power who got easily manipulated by people's words. He also symbolized men
who were conceited enough to any how turn the tide in their favour. He too was
easily influenced by others ill-motives and aversion towards Gulliver.
Three Men in a
Boat
The narrator does not believe in
the weather forecasts prophesized by the newspapers even a bit. He consider them
to be nothing but an instance of a fraud, a silly act of irritating Tomfoolishness.
They only have forecasted precisely what have happened yesterday or the
opposite of what is going to happen that day The narrator remember a holiday of
his being completely ruined by paying attention to the weather report of a
localnewspaper. They gave up their picnic as the weather report warned of heavy
showers and thunder storm. They stayed indoors, all day while the people
enjoyed the grand sunny day outside.
It finished a sunny day with a
lovely night after it. The narrator does not even believe in the readings of a barometer.
To him, a barometer is as misleading as a newspaper for weather forecasts. A
barometer was giving the reading as "set fair" when it was actually
pouring outside. The narrator makes a humour even with the casual readings of
the barometer when it does not match with the actual happenings.
Or
The old man was a character in
the novelwho broke the narrator's reverie by his shrill voice coming towards the
narrator with a large bunch of keys, offering to show him some tombs. He was featured
with a bald head who claimed that he had come to warn the two friends on the
ground that they were trespassing, but actually hehad another motif. He wanted
to make some money by threatening the friends. But the narrator and Harrisacted
very smart in the situation. They tackled the situation by refusing to be
scared by the man's threat. They applied their ready wit to escape from the
hands of the old man. This old man was driven by evil intention tocheat the
friends. As a character, this man symbolized a falsified identity who tried to
earn money from peopleby playing tricks and cheating them in another way round.
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