https://padlet.com/61516671/jd9xsv1k93o24zh3 en-us 2021-09-10 13:36:37 UTC 2023-09-30 00:01:13 UTC hello@padlet.com 61516671 https://padlet.com/61516671/jd9xsv1k93o24zh3/wish/1730938076 Gulliver becomes a great friend of the emperor of Lilliput, who teaches him many of his customs. For example, instead of hiring capable administrators for his cabinet, the emperor chooses people who are most skilled in a dangerous type of rope dance.]]> 2021-09-10 13:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/61516671/jd9xsv1k93o24zh3/wish/1730938076 61516671 https://padlet.com/61516671/jd9xsv1k93o24zh3/wish/1730939934 The emperor asks Gulliver for help to win the war against Blefuscu, a tiny kingdom across a canal. Gulliver agrees and uses his large size to capture Blefuscu's entire navy. After winning the war, some of Lilliput's ministers wanted to get rid of it because it consumed a lot of resources.]]> 2021-09-10 13:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/61516671/jd9xsv1k93o24zh3/wish/1730939934 61516671 https://padlet.com/61516671/jd9xsv1k93o24zh3/wish/1731029020 He embarks on a journey to the southern seas when a storm hits and he ends up on an island. This island, Lilliput, is inhabited by tiny people about 6 inches tall. They capture Gulliver while he sleeps and take him to the capital city, where they keep him chained inside a large abandoned temple outside the city walls.]]> 2021-09-10 14:16:40 UTC https://padlet.com/61516671/jd9xsv1k93o24zh3/wish/1731029020 61516671 https://padlet.com/61516671/jd9xsv1k93o24zh3/wish/1731041507 He manages to escape to the island of Blefuscu. Luckily, a human-sized boat crawls onto the beach at Blefuscu. Gulliver rows to Australia, not far from there, and finds a ship that takes him to England.]]> 2021-09-10 14:20:23 UTC https://padlet.com/61516671/jd9xsv1k93o24zh3/wish/1731041507 61516671 https://padlet.com/61516671/jd9xsv1k93o24zh3/wish/1731055822 Gulliver goes to sea again after a brief stay in England with his family. Once again a storm hits and Gulliver ends up on the island of Brobdingnag, Brobdingnagians are 60-foot tall giants. At first he stayed with a farmer and his daughter, who taught him some words of the lenguage.]]> 2021-09-10 14:25:33 UTC https://padlet.com/61516671/jd9xsv1k93o24zh3/wish/1731055822 61516671 https://padlet.com/61516671/jd9xsv1k93o24zh3/wish/1731064011 Gulliver manages to catch the attention of the queen of Brobdingnag (with the help of the farmer), who keeps him as if he were a pet. The queen employs a little girl, Glumdalclitch, to care for Gulliver and teach him his language. While Gulliver lives in the palace he is in constant danger, as Gulliver feels ridiculous all the time. The king of the Brobdingnagians reinforces this sense of humility. After Gulliver describes everything he can about English culture and history, the King of Brobdingnag decides that the English seem to be little vermin. He categorically rejects the gunpowder that Gulliver gives him because weapons like that seem like an invitation to violence and abuse.]]> 2021-09-10 14:28:29 UTC https://padlet.com/61516671/jd9xsv1k93o24zh3/wish/1731064011 61516671 https://padlet.com/61516671/jd9xsv1k93o24zh3/wish/1731112257 During a boat trip with the king and queen, an eagle grabbed him and threw him into the sea and a man finds him inside his box and helps him and he returns to England]]> 2021-09-10 14:45:14 UTC https://padlet.com/61516671/jd9xsv1k93o24zh3/wish/1731112257 61516671 https://padlet.com/61516671/jd9xsv1k93o24zh3/wish/1731123167 This time, Gulliver goes sailing as a captain in his own right, but the sailors soon rebel against him and abandon him on a desert island. Two kinds of creatures live on this island: Yahoos and Houyhnhnms. The Houyhnhnms don't even have words for human problems like disease, deception, or war. As for the Yahoos, they are human beings. They are like Gulliver, except that he has learned to cut his nails, shave his face, and wear clothes.]]> 2021-09-10 14:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/61516671/jd9xsv1k93o24zh3/wish/1731123167 61516671 https://padlet.com/61516671/jd9xsv1k93o24zh3/wish/1731131943 In the land of the Houyhnhnms, Gulliver finally understands how despicable humans can be. He becomes so accustomed to the Houyhnhnm lifestyle.]]> 2021-09-10 14:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/61516671/jd9xsv1k93o24zh3/wish/1731131943 61516671 https://padlet.com/61516671/jd9xsv1k93o24zh3/wish/2726304132 The other Houyhnhnms were quite upset because Gulliver could learn and they couldn't, they forced him to leave. Gulliver obeys and leaves the country of the Houyhnhnms, where he was very happy, but he is so disgusted by human company that he almost jumps off the Portuguese ship that was taking him home.]]> 2023-09-29 16:24:40 UTC https://padlet.com/61516671/jd9xsv1k93o24zh3/wish/2726304132