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Gulliver’s Travels, written by Jonathan Swift, describes a man, Captain Gulliver, also known as Quinbus Flestrin, The Man-Mountain, or Grildrig, and his travels. Some of the main characters in this book are the inhabitants of Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and the Houyhnhnms. This book is written in the first person. It seems that the author’s main problem is getting to the destination in which he wants to get to. It always seems that he does not get far enough and lands in some strange country. The story begins with the author giving us an account of himself. He was the third of five sons. His father sent him to Emanuel College in Cambridge at fourteen years old. He goes on to explain much more. He boards the Antelope with Captain William Prichard on a voyage to the South-Sea. They set sail from Bristol on May 4th, 1699. The ship gets shipwrecked and he swims for his life. He gets to shore safely in the country of Lilliput. He is made a prisoner and is carried up to the country. The inhabitants of Lilliput are extra small. They have little tiny bow and arrows, which they shoot into the author’s hands when he makes them mad. While in Lilliput, the author meets the Emperor