Gulliver's Travels

Compare and contrast between Lilliput and Brobdingnag

I want to write a compare-contrast essay about these 2 voyages. (Lilliput and Brobdingnag)

The teacher asked to write an essay not less than 3 pages.

I want you guys to give me like points that i can write about or i can mention in my esaay, like only points so i search about them and do my essay. like :

-sizes

-Both voyages and their behavior with Gulliver

-their problems

-their intrests

-their way in ruling...etc

what else shall i write about??

*and thank you in advance.*

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This is a lot for this small forum space. I can give you some ideas though. While the Lilliputians are superficial caring only for themselves, the people of Brobdingnag are more thoughtful and egalitarian. Lilliputians are amused by gossip. They are rather vapid and gossip incessantly. Te Emperor, in particular, only seeks to be entertained and exercise his power. Gulliver has many thoughtful discussions with the leader of Brobdingnag about philosophy and ethics. On a physical note, Lilliputions are tiny while people of Brobdingnag are giants. The emperor of Lilliput is petty beyond belief. He executes his subjects for minor infractions or simply because they have annoyed him in some way. Very small in stature, he covets large things. He is superficial in character and thought. In contrast, the king of Brobdingnag is a true intellectual who cares about his subjects and likes to ponder the complexities of life.

@aslan

Great! you really inspored me and im finally ready to start writing my essay.

but can you please remember other points? only points like what i did above.

other than the differences in size, behavior with Gulliver, and the differences between both the emperor and the king?

and what similarities do they have?

i dont have any similarity in mind.

im sorry for bothering

I'm not sure what else to add. Each place represents a sort of character foil for the other. Brobdingnag is however not a utopia like say life with the Houyhnhnms. Characters like the King of Brobdingnag is not presented in any depth or detail. We seem to know more about the superficial Emperor of Lilliput. Still both places run on a type of monarchy and monarchy's, like in England, are inherently flawed.

1.Lilliputions are tiny 1. Brobdingnag are giants.
2.The emperor of Lilliput only seeks to be entertained and exercise his power. He executes his subjects for minor infractions or simply because they have annoyed him in some way. 2.The king of Brobdingnag is a true intellectual who cares about his subjects and likes to ponder the complexities of life.
3. Small minds and spirits, 3. The gigantic Brobdingnagians are, like their bodies, expansive in intellect and morals.
4. Swift uses the Lilliputians to satirize their corrupt political practices. 4. Swift not only uses the Brobdingnagian governmental system to satirize the government, but he explicitly uses king of Brobdingnag to satirize the English government.
5. the Lilliputians first treated Gulliver well but later when Gulliver was not helping them to save their interest, they decided to kill him.

5.Brobdingnagians do treat Gulliver as a plaything. When he tries to speak seriously with the king of Brobdingnag about England, the king dismisses the English as odious vermin, showing that deep discussion is not possible for Gulliver here.