![]() ![]() Second, Gulliver's interest in languages and customs is the primary engine for his Travels. He really does seem to be a kind of Everyman, maybe more resourceful than many, but not too brave or powerful. Gulliver is the central character of Gulliver's Travels, but there's nothing outsized or heroic about him. He's not too proud to lick the floor in front of the Luggnaggian King or to suck up pretty outrageously to the Queen of Brobdingnag. What's more, his pragmatism and practical nature save his life over and over again. While he always wants to associate himself with "people of quality," he also falls relatively easily into conversation with working-class people and servants. First, Gulliver's medium-class birth means that he is pretty flexible in terms of the social circles he moves in. Also, he is interested in people-watching ("My hours of leisure I spent in observing the manners and dispositions of the people" (1.1.3)).īoth of these traits come in handy. For one, though, he isn't a nobleman, he's a really smart guy. ![]() Gulliver has also served as an apprentice under a master surgeon, Mr. He has studied medicine both in England and at the University of Leiden in Holland. Gulliver is the son of a middle-class family in Nottinghamshire, England. Yes, Gulliver is pretty much it when it comes to rounded, individual characters in this novel. For example, Gulliver only mentions his wife, Mary, in passing as he stays home just long enough to get her pregnant again before heading out to the high seas. Other figures in Gulliver's Travels absolutely fade into the background. In fact, he narrates the novel himself, and he is the only genuinely developed character in the whole book. As you might expect, Lemuel Gulliver is the star and central character of Gulliver's Travels. ![]()
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