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: āϞিāϞিāĻĒুāĻ āĻāĻŦং āĻŦ্āϰāĻĄāĻŦিāύ্āϝাāĻেāϰ āϏāĻŽাāĻāĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāϰ āϤুāϞāύাāĻŽূāϞāĻ āĻāϞোāĻāύা āĻāϰ। āĻāĻ āĻŦৈāĻĒāϰীāϤ্āϝেāϰ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে āϏুāĻāĻĢ্āĻ āĻী āĻŦোāĻাāϤে āĻেā§েāĻেāύ?
Gulliver’s Travels āĻ্āϰāύ্āĻĨে Jonathan Swift āĻĻুāĻি āĻাāϞ্āĻĒāύিāĻ āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āĻিāϤ্āϰ āϤুāϞে āϧāϰেāĻেāύ—āϞিāϞিāĻĒুāĻ (Book I) āĻāĻŦং āĻŦ্āϰāĻĄāĻŦিāύ্āϝাāĻ (Book II)। āĻāĻ āĻĻুāĻি āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āĻŽাāύুāώ, āϏāĻŽাāĻ āĻ āϰাāĻāύীāϤি āĻāĻেāĻŦাāϰেāĻ āĻিāύ্āύ। Swift āĻāĻ āĻĻুāĻ āĻিāύ্āύ āϏāĻŽাāĻāĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāĻে āĻāĻে āĻ
āĻĒāϰেāϰ āĻŦিāĻĒāϰীāϤ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āϤুāϞে āϧāϰেāĻেāύ, āϝাāϤে āϤিāύি āĻŽাāύুāώেāϰ āĻ
āĻšংāĻাāϰ, āϰাāĻāύৈāϤিāĻ āĻĻুāϰ্āύীāϤি āĻāĻŦং āύৈāϤিāĻ āĻĻুāϰ্āĻŦāϞāϤা āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āĻ āĻāϰāϤে āĻĒাāϰেāύ, āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻāϰে ā§§ā§ŽāĻļ āĻļāϤাāĻŦ্āĻĻীāϰ āĻংāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄেāϰ।
āϞিāϞিāĻĒুāĻে, āĻŽাāύুāώেāϰ āĻāĻাāϰ āĻুāĻŦ āĻোāĻ—āĻŽাāϤ্āϰ āĻāϝ় āĻāĻ্āĻি। āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻāĻ āĻোāĻ āĻāĻাāϰ āĻŽাāύুāώেāϰ āĻোāĻ āĻŽāύেāϰ āĻিāύ্āϤা, āĻšিংāϏা, āĻāĻŦং āϏংāĻীāϰ্āĻŖ āĻŽাāύāϏিāĻāϤাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤীāĻ। āϞিāϞিāĻĒুāĻেāϰ āϰাāĻāύীāϤি āĻšাāϏ্āϝāĻāϰ āĻ āĻĻুāϰ্āύীāϤিāϤে āĻāϰা। āύেāϤা āύিāϰ্āĻŦাāĻিāϤ āĻšāϝ় āĻāĻ āĻĻেāĻে āĻে āĻāϤ āĻাāϞো āϰāĻļিāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻĻিāϝ়ে āϞাāĻĢাāϤে āĻĒাāϰে, āύা āϝে āĻে āĻāϤ āϝোāĻ্āϝ। āϤাāϰা āĻĄিāĻŽেāϰ āĻোāύ āĻĻিāĻ āĻĨেāĻে āĻাāĻāϤে āĻšāĻŦে āϤা āύিā§ে āϝুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻāϰে, āϝা Swift-āĻāϰ āĻĻৃāώ্āĻিāϤে āϧāϰ্āĻŽীāϝ় āĻ āϰাāĻāύৈāϤিāĻ āĻোāώ্āĻ ীāĻĻ্āĻŦāύ্āĻĻ্āĻŦেāϰ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āĻ। āĻāĻŽāύāĻি āĻাāϞিāĻাāϰ āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āϝুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻāϰে āϏাāĻšাāϝ্āϝ āĻāϰāϞেāĻ, āϤাāϰা āĻĒāϰে āϤাāĻে āĻ
āύ্āϧ āĻ āĻļাāϏ্āϤি āĻĻেāĻāϝ়াāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻāϰে। āĻāϤে āĻŽাāύুāώেāϰ āĻ
āĻৃāϤāĻ্āĻāϤা āĻāĻŦং āϰাāĻāύীāϤিāϰ āύিāώ্āĻ ুāϰāϤা āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻļ āĻĒাā§।
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āύ্āϝāĻĻিāĻে, āĻŦ্āϰāĻĄāĻŦিāύ্āϝাāĻেāϰ āĻŽাāύুāώ āĻāĻাāϰে āĻ
āύেāĻ āĻŦāĻĄ় āĻšāϞেāĻ āϤাāϰা āύৈāϤিāĻ āĻāϰিāϤ্āϰে āĻāϰো āĻāύ্āύāϤ। āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āϏāĻŽাāĻ āϏāϰāϞ, āĻļাāύ্āϤিāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻ āύ্āϝাāϝ়āύিāώ্āĻ । āĻŦ্āϰāĻĄāĻŦিāύ্āϝাāĻেāϰ āϰাāĻা āĻাāϞিāĻাāϰেāϰ āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āϰাāĻāύীāϤি, āϝুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻāĻŦং āĻŦিāĻ্āĻাāύ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻে āĻļুāύে āĻšāϤāĻŦাāĻ āĻšā§ে āϝাā§ āĻāĻŦং āĻāĻāϰোāĻĒীā§āĻĻেāϰ “āĻৃāĻŖ্āϝ āĻোāĻ āĻীāĻ” āĻŦāϞে āĻŽāύ্āϤāĻŦ্āϝ āĻāϰে। āĻাāϰāĻŖ āϤিāύি āĻŦুāĻāϤে āĻĒাāϰেāύ āϝে āϏāĻ্āϝāϤাāϰ āĻŽুāĻোāĻļ āĻĒāϰে āĻĨাāĻা āĻŽাāύুāώāϰাāĻ āĻĒ্āϰāĻৃāϤāĻĒāĻ্āώে āĻ
āύৈāϤিāĻ, āϞোāĻী āĻ āϏāĻšিংāϏ। āĻāĻাāύে āϰাāĻা āύিāϰ্āĻŦাāĻিāϤ āĻšāϝ় āϏāϤāϤা āĻ āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāϰ āĻিāϤ্āϤিāϤে, āĻাāĻুāĻাāϰিāϤা āĻŦা āĻĒ্āϰāϤাāϰāĻŖা āĻāϰে āύāϝ়।
āϞিāϞিāĻĒুāĻ āĻ āĻŦ্āϰāĻĄāĻŦিāύ্āϝাāĻেāϰ āĻāĻ āϤুāϞāύাāϰ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে Swift āĻāĻŽাāĻĻেāϰ āĻĻেāĻাāϤে āĻাāύ, āĻŽাāύুāώ āϝāϤāĻ āύিāĻেāϰ āĻļāĻ্āϤি āĻ āϏāĻ্āϝāϤা āύিāϝ়ে āĻāϰ্āĻŦ āĻāϰুāĻ āύা āĻেāύ, āϤাāϰা āĻ
āύেāĻ āϏāĻŽāϝ় āύৈāϤিāĻāĻাāĻŦে āĻĻুāϰ্āĻŦāϞ, āĻোāĻ āĻŽāύেāϰ āĻāĻŦং āĻāϤ্āĻŽāĻেāύ্āĻĻ্āϰিāĻ। āĻŦ্āϰāĻĄāĻŦিāύ্āϝাāĻেāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻāĻāĻি āϏāĻŽাāĻāĻ Swift-āĻāϰ āĻাāĻে āĻāĻĻāϰ্āĻļ, āϝেāĻাāύে āϏāϤāϤা, āϏāϰāϞāϤা āĻ āĻŽাāύāĻŦিāĻ āĻŽূāϞ্āϝāĻŦোāϧāĻে āĻļ্āϰāĻĻ্āϧা āĻāϰা āĻšāϝ়।
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