Gullivers Search for an Identity Essay - 1083 Words

Gullivers Travels is a novel that touches on many subjects. One of the lesser points discussed is how Gulliver seems to be searching for acceptance and for his identity on his many journeys. Upon entering any of these strange foreign lands, Gulliver makes it a point to learn the language. This is because knowing the language of a foreign land is a crucial part to your acceptance in that country. Another thing that Gulliver adapts in each of these foreign places is their manner of dress. Great pains are taken in each country to dress Gulliver in the kingdoms latest fashions. While on his journeys, Gulliver tried his part in many roles to find one that fit him and would grant him acceptance with the peoples of each land. I will†¦show more content†¦Now Gulliver held a position as great as his stature. He very quickly learns that with great power comes great responsibility. When asked to destroy the whole of Blefuscu, Gulliver refuses so not to be quot;an instrument of bringing a free and brave people into slaveryquot;(46). This act of rebellion highly displeases the emperor who only sees Gulliver as an instrument of war and power. Finally the Lilliputians grow to fear the great man-mountain and try to find some way to dispose of him. They suggest poking out his eyes, but veto it due to the fact that it really isnt reasonable to have a giant blind man terrorizing their village. They also suggest starving him to death and leaving his bones quot;as a monument of admiration to posterityquot;(66). It is only after these threats are made against him that Gulliver thinks to use his great strength against him, quot;I might easily with stones pelt the metropolis to piecesquot;(66). Even after all this he still see himself as a high ranking nordac, and needed to compose himself as such. Gulliver leaves the island never really knowing that his true place among them was only as a slave. The next society that Gulliver tries to become a part of is that of the giants of Bobdingnag. Here Gulliver is like a little Lilliputian trapped in our world, utterly powerless. He feels so powerless that he even longs for the false power bestowed upon him in Lilliput, quot;I could notShow MoreRelatedBelonging Essay4112 Words   |  17 Pagestext. social context refers to the larger community or group, it’s organisation or hierarchy. It also refers to that which is civil, public and of society at large. Context and the sense of belonging that comes from it contributes to a sense of identity, our relationships and processes of acceptance and understanding. We get a sense of belonging (or not belonging and all the degree of belonging in-between) through interaction with: †¢ †¢ people, including groups and broader communities, and, places Read MoreANALIZ TEXT INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS28843 Words   |  116 Pagesfiction whose author does not employ dialogue in some way to reveal, establish, and reinforce character. For this reason the reader must be prepared to analyze dialogue in a number of different ways: for what is being said, the identity of the speaker, the occasion, the identity of the person or persons the speaker is addressing, the quality of the exchange, and the speaker’s tone of voice, stress, dialect, and vocabulary. a) What is being said. To begin with, the reader must pay close attention to the