Chapter 5
Gulliver crosses the channel toward Blefuscu, protecting his eyes with eye glasses from the enemy arrows. The enemy fleet of ships is captured but the men swim home and later make peace with Lilliput. Gulliver would not help to make them slaves. Gulliver saves part of the burning Imperial Majesty's apartment by urinating on it. The Empress refuses to move back into those quarters!
Chapter 6
The Lilliputians are about six inches tall; all other living things are in proportion. Trees are about seven feet tall at most. They write at a slant from one corner of the paper to another. The dead are buried face down. They think the earth is flat. All crimes are severely punished; fraud is a greater crime than theft. They are rewarded with money and title for obeying the laws for 73 moons. Good morals are stresed above great abilities. Children are put in public nurseries at 20 months. Noble males and females are educated; working classes are apprenticed at age 7 or kept at home until age 15; laboroers keep children at home to work on the farm. Parents only see their childred twice a year for one hour visits. The nurseries are separate for boys and girls. Girls can marry at age 12. All levles of income must pay for the nursery; no public support is available.
Gulliver has been living with the Lilliputians for 9 months now. He has built himself a table with chairs. Tailors have made him clothes. Cooks have fed him The food is excellent. The Imperial Majesty and his family and the Treasurer come for a visit. The treasurer is concerned about how costly it is to take care of Gulliver. He even accused Gulliver of having an affair with his wife, which Gulliver strongly denied.
Chapter 7
The Admiral and Treasurer prepare Articles of impeachment against Gulliver for urinating near the Royal Placeand unwillingness to destroy the Big-enders. He is warned of this and told that the punishment would be blindness and slow starvation. The Admiral feared Gulliver might drown the whole palace with pee; the treasurer feared his upkeep would bankrupt them. Gulliver knows he could easlily destroy the entire village but decides to leave instead to Blefuscu, across the sea. He would be welcomed there and would not tell them on his disgrace in Lilliput.
1 comment:
Mom -- good job on keeping on! I need to finish up that first section. I think I have one more chapter there. Finishing things is really the way to go.
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