Gulliver travels
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Lilliput (IPA Pronunciation: [ˌlɪlɪˈpʊt], [lil-i-put]) is an island nation located in the South Indian Ocean. Lilliput is separated from the neighbouring island of Blefuscu by an 800 yard wide channel. The capital city of Lilliput is the walled city of Mildendo, located on the Western side of the island.[1]
Lilliputian and Blefuscan flaura and fauna are remarkably small, the average adult being no taller than six inches with other organisms similarly proportioned. Lilliput was first discovered by a European in 1699 by Lemuel Gulliver, on his first voyage.
History[]
Lilliput has been in conflict with the neighbouring nation of Blefuscu since the early 1600's. The Prince of Lilliput at this time cut one of his fingers while breaking an egg on the big-end. The Emperor of the time then published an edict commanding all of his subjects to break the egg on the smaller end. This inspired great controversy, as Big-Endians interpreted the religious text the "Blundrecal" as commanding against the breaking of eggs in an inconvenient way.
The new law was so highly resented
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The Lilliputs are a race native to the Eastern Continent in the Other World.
Background[]
A small unnamed village of Lilliputs was located in the depths of a forest that was rarely visited by people and had about a hundred villagers. Originally their only interaction with the outside world was with an old woman magician living in an isolated house in the forest, who traded copper and silver plates in exchange for fruits that were ingredients for medicine.
However when a mysterious door appear a little way from the village, the little people managed to open the door through collective effort and learned of the existence of the Western Restaurant Nekoya.
Since then twice every month, on Satur’s Day, the village of lilliputs had become customers to the restaurant, having made an arrangement with the Master to give him a sliver coin for two orders of hotcakes. On those events the village gather to the restaurant , treating it like a festive event and order hot cakes which they share communally.
Due to their small size, the Master would kindly assist the lilliputs and carry
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83 Jonathan Swift: Gulliver’s Travels
by Jena Jordan, Aalmin Kadiwal and Elisa Escalera
Gulliver’s Travels, written in 1726 by Jonathan Swift, is a satire that explores the theme of human nature framed by a fictional traveler’s account (this being very popular genre at the time). It follows a protagonist, Lemuel Gulliver, who is the narrator; he explains a bit about his life as a preamble and informs readers that he is a married surgeon from Nottinghamshire, England who loves traveling. As it turns out, “He works as a surgeon on ships and ends up becoming a ship captain…Through many unfortunate events during his voyage at sea, Gulliver becomes stranded in foreign lands and absurd situations, whether it’s getting captured by the miniature Lilliputians or becoming friends with talking horses, the Houyhnhnms” (Naik). This work remains popular with adults and children alike who are drawn to the multiple ways it can be read: as an allegorical tale of fantastic creatures or as a deeper political commentary on the darker side of human nature.
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