Compare and contrast the societies of Lilliput and Brobdingnag. What does Swift intend to convey through these contrasts?

Compare and contrast the societies of Lilliput and Brobdingnag. What does Swift intend to convey through these contrasts?

In Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift presents two imaginary lands—Lilliput in Book I and Brobdingnag in Book II. These two places are completely opposite in size, nature, and values. Swift cleverly uses these contrasting societies to highlight the foolishness, pride, and corruption in human nature and politics, especially in 18th-century Britain.

In Lilliput, the people are very small in size—only six inches tall. Their tiny bodies represent their small-minded nature, selfishness, and silly behavior. They are full of pride, even though their problems and politics are meaningless. The Lilliputian government is based on silly traditions, such as choosing ministers based on how well they can dance on a tightrope. This shows that their leaders are not wise or honest, but only skilled at pleasing the emperor. The Lilliputians fight over silly things like how to break an egg, which is a satire of the religious and political wars in Europe. Even though Gulliver helps them in war, they plan to punish him out of fear and jealousy. This reflects ingratitude and political cruelty.

On the other hand, in Brobdingnag, the people are giants in size, but more importantly, they are giants in wisdom, honesty, and morality. Their society is simple and peaceful. The King of Brobdingnag listens carefully to Gulliver’s stories about England but is shocked to hear about war, greed, and corruption. He calls Europeans “odious little vermin,” showing his strong dislike for their behavior. In Brobdingnag, rulers are chosen based on their good character and common sense, not tricks or lies. The people value truth, peace, and justice over power and pride.

Through the contrast between Lilliput and Brobdingnag, Swift sends a powerful message. He shows that human beings may look proud and civilized, but they are often selfish, foolish, and morally weak. The Brobdingnagians are shown as an ideal society, where truth and simplicity are respected. By comparing these two worlds, Swift criticizes the pride and corruption of European politics and hopes for a better, more honest society.


āĻĒ্āϰāĻļ্āύ: āϞিāϞিāĻĒুāϟ āĻāĻŦং āĻŦ্āϰāĻĄāĻŦিāύ্āϝাāĻ—েāϰ āϏāĻŽাāϜāĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāϰ āϤুāϞāύাāĻŽূāϞāĻ• āφāϞোāϚāύা āĻ•āϰ। āĻāχ āĻŦৈāĻĒāϰীāϤ্āϝেāϰ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে āϏুāχāĻĢ্āϟ āĻ•ী āĻŦোāĻাāϤে āϚে⧟েāĻ›েāύ?

Gulliver’s Travels āĻ—্āϰāύ্āĻĨে Jonathan Swift āĻĻুāϟি āĻ•াāϞ্āĻĒāύিāĻ• āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āϚিāϤ্āϰ āϤুāϞে āϧāϰেāĻ›েāύ—āϞিāϞিāĻĒুāϟ (Book I) āĻāĻŦং āĻŦ্āϰāĻĄāĻŦিāύ্āϝাāĻ— (Book II)। āĻāχ āĻĻুāϟি āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āĻŽাāύুāώ, āϏāĻŽাāϜ āĻ“ āϰাāϜāύীāϤি āĻāĻ•েāĻŦাāϰেāχ āĻ­িāύ্āύ। Swift āĻāχ āĻĻুāχ āĻ­িāύ্āύ āϏāĻŽাāϜāĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāĻ•ে āĻāĻ•ে āĻ…āĻĒāϰেāϰ āĻŦিāĻĒāϰীāϤ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āϤুāϞে āϧāϰেāĻ›েāύ, āϝাāϤে āϤিāύি āĻŽাāύুāώেāϰ āĻ…āĻšংāĻ•াāϰ, āϰাāϜāύৈāϤিāĻ• āĻĻুāϰ্āύীāϤি āĻāĻŦং āύৈāϤিāĻ• āĻĻুāϰ্āĻŦāϞāϤা āĻŦ্āϝāĻ™্āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰেāύ, āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻ•āϰে ā§§ā§ŽāĻļ āĻļāϤাāĻŦ্āĻĻীāϰ āχংāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄেāϰ।

āϞিāϞিāĻĒুāϟে, āĻŽাāύুāώেāϰ āφāĻ•াāϰ āĻ–ুāĻŦ āĻ›োāϟ—āĻŽাāϤ্āϰ āĻ›āϝ় āχāĻž্āϚি। āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻāχ āĻ›োāϟ āφāĻ•াāϰ āĻŽাāύুāώেāϰ āĻ›োāϟ āĻŽāύেāϰ āϚিāύ্āϤা, āĻšিংāϏা, āĻāĻŦং āϏংāĻ•ীāϰ্āĻŖ āĻŽাāύāϏিāĻ•āϤাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤীāĻ•। āϞিāϞিāĻĒুāϟেāϰ āϰাāϜāύীāϤি āĻšাāϏ্āϝāĻ•āϰ āĻ“ āĻĻুāϰ্āύীāϤিāϤে āĻ­āϰা। āύেāϤা āύিāϰ্āĻŦাāϚিāϤ āĻšāϝ় āĻāχ āĻĻেāĻ–ে āĻ•ে āĻ•āϤ āĻ­াāϞো āϰāĻļিāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻĻিāϝ়ে āϞাāĻĢাāϤে āĻĒাāϰে, āύা āϝে āĻ•ে āĻ•āϤ āϝোāĻ—্āϝ। āϤাāϰা āĻĄিāĻŽেāϰ āĻ•োāύ āĻĻিāĻ• āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻ­াāĻ™āϤে āĻšāĻŦে āϤা āύি⧟ে āϝুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻ•āϰে, āϝা Swift-āĻāϰ āĻĻৃāώ্āϟিāϤে āϧāϰ্āĻŽীāϝ় āĻ“ āϰাāϜāύৈāϤিāĻ• āĻ—োāώ্āĻ ীāĻĻ্āĻŦāύ্āĻĻ্āĻŦেāϰ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ™্āĻ—। āĻāĻŽāύāĻ•ি āĻ—াāϞিāĻ­াāϰ āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āϝুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻ•āϰে āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻ•āϰāϞেāĻ“, āϤাāϰা āĻĒāϰে āϤাāĻ•ে āĻ…āύ্āϧ āĻ“ āĻļাāϏ্āϤি āĻĻেāĻ“āϝ়াāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻ•āϰে। āĻāϤে āĻŽাāύুāώেāϰ āĻ…āĻ•ৃāϤāϜ্āĻžāϤা āĻāĻŦং āϰাāϜāύীāϤিāϰ āύিāώ্āĻ ুāϰāϤা āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•াāĻļ āĻĒা⧟।

āĻ…āύ্āϝāĻĻিāĻ•ে, āĻŦ্āϰāĻĄāĻŦিāύ্āϝাāĻ—েāϰ āĻŽাāύুāώ āφāĻ•াāϰে āĻ…āύেāĻ• āĻŦāĻĄ় āĻšāϞেāĻ“ āϤাāϰা āύৈāϤিāĻ• āϚāϰিāϤ্āϰে āφāϰো āωāύ্āύāϤ। āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āϏāĻŽাāϜ āϏāϰāϞ, āĻļাāύ্āϤিāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻ“ āύ্āϝাāϝ়āύিāώ্āĻ । āĻŦ্āϰāĻĄāĻŦিāύ্āϝাāĻ—েāϰ āϰাāϜা āĻ—াāϞিāĻ­াāϰেāϰ āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āϰাāϜāύীāϤি, āϝুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻāĻŦং āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ•ে āĻļুāύে āĻšāϤāĻŦাāĻ• āĻšā§Ÿে āϝা⧟ āĻāĻŦং āχāωāϰোāĻĒী⧟āĻĻেāϰ “āϘৃāĻŖ্āϝ āĻ›োāϟ āĻ•ীāϟ” āĻŦāϞে āĻŽāύ্āϤāĻŦ্āϝ āĻ•āϰে। āĻ•াāϰāĻŖ āϤিāύি āĻŦুāĻāϤে āĻĒাāϰেāύ āϝে āϏāĻ­্āϝāϤাāϰ āĻŽুāĻ–োāĻļ āĻĒāϰে āĻĨাāĻ•া āĻŽাāύুāώāϰাāχ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•ৃāϤāĻĒāĻ•্āώে āĻ…āύৈāϤিāĻ•, āϞোāĻ­ী āĻ“ āϏāĻšিংāϏ। āĻāĻ–াāύে āϰাāϜা āύিāϰ্āĻŦাāϚিāϤ āĻšāϝ় āϏāϤāϤা āĻ“ āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāϰ āĻ­িāϤ্āϤিāϤে, āϚাāϟুāĻ•াāϰিāϤা āĻŦা āĻĒ্āϰāϤাāϰāĻŖা āĻ•āϰে āύāϝ়।

āϞিāϞিāĻĒুāϟ āĻ“ āĻŦ্āϰāĻĄāĻŦিāύ্āϝাāĻ—েāϰ āĻāχ āϤুāϞāύাāϰ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে Swift āφāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āĻĻেāĻ–াāϤে āϚাāύ, āĻŽাāύুāώ āϝāϤāχ āύিāϜেāϰ āĻļāĻ•্āϤি āĻ“ āϏāĻ­্āϝāϤা āύিāϝ়ে āĻ—āϰ্āĻŦ āĻ•āϰুāĻ• āύা āĻ•েāύ, āϤাāϰা āĻ…āύেāĻ• āϏāĻŽāϝ় āύৈāϤিāĻ•āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻĻুāϰ্āĻŦāϞ, āĻ›োāϟ āĻŽāύেāϰ āĻāĻŦং āφāϤ্āĻŽāĻ•েāύ্āĻĻ্āϰিāĻ•। āĻŦ্āϰāĻĄāĻŦিāύ্āϝাāĻ—েāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻāĻ•āϟি āϏāĻŽাāϜāχ Swift-āĻāϰ āĻ•াāĻ›ে āφāĻĻāϰ্āĻļ, āϝেāĻ–াāύে āϏāϤāϤা, āϏāϰāϞāϤা āĻ“ āĻŽাāύāĻŦিāĻ• āĻŽূāϞ্āϝāĻŦোāϧāĻ•ে āĻļ্āϰāĻĻ্āϧা āĻ•āϰা āĻšāϝ়।


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