Thursday 8 October 2015

Gulliver's Travels points to discuss on chapter 1

Rereading question on chapter 1 (Gulliver's travels) the lecture was given on 8th October 2015 The following points were discussed with my dear classes 2-6 & 2-11 

1-Who was Dr. Bates and how was he of beneficial to Gulliver? The movie and the original text how they tackle this point 

2-What was Gulliver's job? Doctor -apprentice -surgeon - physician 

 3-What was his desire? How could he fulfill that in his 4 voyages? 

4-Why did Gulliver have to leave London? The idea of immigration 

5-How could Gulliver make benefit of his free time on board?

 6-Wind, storms and other dangerous phenomena 

 7-How did Gulliver start his adventure in Lilliput ? (notice) unable to move at the beginning, fixed to the ground and actually throughout the whole story 

 8-"Gulliver" the man mountain , the giant ( compared to his capturers ) was tied firmly and unable to move - What does this carry to the readers awareness about the ability and cleverness of these so tiny people?

 9-What was peculiar about the human who crept along his stretched body (physically and characteristically)