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Gulliver's Travels Study Guide

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by Jonathan Swift
About 115 pages (34,506 words)
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Gulliver's Travels Study Guide consists of approx. 115 pages of summaries and analysis on Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. Browse the literature study guide below:

  Introduction

  Overview

  Author Biography

  About the Author

  Plot Summary

  Chapter Summaries & Analysis

The narrator, also the hero of our story, Gulliver, starts by telling the reader that his father sent him to school when he was young. Gulliver was schooled to become a surgeon there and he also took up navigation and other subjects that would be valuable at sea. After his education, he became a doctor on a ship for a couple of years. Gulliver then decided to settle down in London, married, and set up a practice. After his only friend and mentor died, his business failed and he was forced to once again take a position on a ship. After sailing with the ship for a couple of more years, he once again tried to open a practice. Once again, the practice failed and he was commissioned by a captain as a ship doctor once again. (read more)
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      Part 1, Chapter 7
      Part 1, Chapter 8
      Part 2, Chapter 1
      Part 2, Chapter 2
      Part 2, Chapter 3
      Part 2, Chapter 4
      Part 2, Chapter 5
      Part 2, Chapter 6
      Part 2, Chapter 7
      Part 2, Chapter 8
      Part 3, Chapter 1
      Part 3, Chapter 2
      Part 3, Chapter 3
      Part 3, Chapter 4
      Part 3, Chapter 5
      Part 3, Chapter 6
      Part 3, Chapter 7
      Part 3, Chapter 8
      Part 3, Chapter 9
      Part 3, Chapter 10
      Part 3, Chapter 11

  Characters

  Setting

  Social Sensitivity

  Literary Qualities

  Themes

  Style

  Historical Context

  Critical Overview

  Criticism

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  Media Adaptations

  Topics for Further Study

  Compare & Contrast

  What Do I Read Next?

  Topics for Discussion

  Ideas for Reports and Papers

  For Further Study

  Related Web Sites

  Sources

  Copyright Information

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