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Summary of the Novel
In Gulliver's Travels, Gulliver describes his four voyages. In the first voyage, he is the only person to reach land after a shipwreck. He awakes to find himself tied down by tiny men; these are the Lilliputians. A Hurgo (official) supervises them. Gulliver agrees to cooperate, and is untied and taken to the capital where he meets Lilliput's Emperor. He agrees to serve the Lilliputians, and is granted partial freedom in return. Gulliver prevents an invasion from Lilliput's enemy, Blefuscu, by stealing the enemy's ships and is given a high title of honor. He makes friends and enemies at court and learns details of Lilliputian society. After putting out a fire in the palace by urinating on it, he is accused of high treason through polluting the palace. He is sentenced to be blinded and starved. However, Gulliver escapes to Blefuscu, finds a boat, sails out to sea, and is picked up by an English ship.
Two months after his return to England, Gulliver leaves on his second voyage. He lands in an unknown country to get water and is abandoned. A giant reaper picks him up (he is in the country of the gigantic Brobdingnagians) and takes him to a farmer, who wants him to be on exhibit as a freak. He fights a gigantic cat and other monstrous animals. The Queen of Brobdingnag buys Gulliver and presents him to the King. The farmer's daughter, Glumdalclitch, who had befriended Gulliver, is hired by the King as Gulliver's guardian and nurse. Gulliver quarrels with the King's dwarf, but describes England in detail to the King. Gulliver is carried around in a box and tours the kingdom. He fights birds and animals and finds the King's Maids of Honor, who undress before him, disgusting him because of their great size. Gulliver's box is picked up by a gigantic eagle and dropped into the sea; he is picked up by an English ship and returns to England.
Shortly after his return, Gulliver leaves on his third voyage. His ship is captured by pirates, who set him adrift in a small boat. He arrives on the flying island of Laputa, which flies over the continent of Balnibarbi. The people he meets are interested only in abstract speculations. Their king asks Gulliver only about mathematics in England. Gulliver learns that the island is kept flying by magnetism. He travels to Balnibarbi, and he is shown the Academy of Laputa, where scholars devote all their time to absurd inventions and ideas. He then goes to Glubbdubdrib, an island of magicians. The king is waited on by ghosts, and he calls up the ghosts of dead historical characters at Gulliver's request. He then goes to Luggnagg, where the Struldbruggs who have eternal life but not eternal youth. After spending time in Japan, Gulliver returns to England.
On his fourth voyage, Gulliver is set on shore in an unknown land by mutineers. This is the land of the Houyhnhms: intelligent, rational horses who hold as servants repulsive animal-like human beings called Yahoos. A dapple-gray Houyhnhm who becomes his master is unable to understand the frailties and emotions in Gulliver's account of England. The Assembly is distressed at the idea of a partly-rational Yahoo living with a Houyhnhm, votes to expel Gulliver. He makes a boat and is picked up by a Portuguese ship. On his return to England, Gulliver is so disgusted with human beings that he refuses to associate with them, preferring the company of horses.
The Life and Times of Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift, dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, was a major figure in literature and politics in both Ireland and England. He was famous in his own time as a witty satirist of many aspects of life. He later became world-famous as the author of a children's classic, Gulliver's Travels, which was not originally intended by its author as a children's book. He was born in Dublin to a well-to-do family partly of English descent, was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and Oxford University, and worked as secretary to the retired politician Sir William Temple. These other experiences acquainted him with the vanity and follies of leading figures in British life. Later, after difficulties in obtaining employment as a clergyman of the Church of England, he increased his acquaintance with fashionable society and acquired the tinge of bitterness that characterizes much of his literary work.
At the beginning of the eighteenth century, Swift (already a fashionable satirist), received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of Dublin and began to write political satires. In 1704, having already published some widely-read political works, Swift became famous with the publication of The Battle of the Books and The Tale of a Tub. Other satirical works spread Swift's fame to London, which he visited frequently. Swift was a major figure in the Tory party as well as a journalist and writer when, in 1713, he became the dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, the Anglican (Episcopal) cathedral of Dublin. As dean, he was assistant to the bishop, supervising the cathedral's day-to-day affairs.
Although he never married, Swift had a long and close friendship with Esther Johnson, known to him as Stella, to whom the published diary called the Journal to Stella was addressed. After becoming dean, Swift met Ester Vanhomrigh, daughter of a wealthy merchant. He called her "Vanessa," and they too had a close friendship. In 1723, Vanessa, hearing of Swift's friendship with Stella, died.
Gulliver's Travels, which Swift began writing by 1720, was published anonymously in 1726. Additional successful satirical works were written in the following years, but as Swift grew old, his health deteriorated. In 1742, after suffering several strokes, he was declared insane. He died several years later in 1745.
Swift's numerous works, including articles as well as books, attacked many of the evils of his time, particularly political corruption and the oppression of the Irish by the English. His wit and satire attract, amuse, and educate the reader.
Historical Background
The age in which Swift lived is sometimes called the Augustan Age. British writers and artists of the time admired the order and sophistication of the culture of classical Rome during the reign of the Emperor Augustus, about 1,700 years earlier. Satire in Swift's time was modeled on works translated into English satirizing the weaknesses of society and politics in Roman times. These authors, as well as later satirists, influenced Swift.
Although England first invaded Ireland in the early Middle Ages, it was only during the reign of Elizabeth, about a hundred years before Swift's birth, that English control became complete. Most of the Irish had remained Roman Catholics after the English went over to Anglican Protestantism in the sixteenth century. Swift's family was Anglican, and they were part of the elite living in Dublin that was known as "the Ascendancy", because it included the most powerful people in Ireland.
During the English Civil War, radical English Protestants had oppressed the Irish Catholic, depriving them of property and civil rights. After the restoration of the English monarchy in 1660, six years before Swift's birth, much of this oppression continued, although King James II, a Catholic, gave religious freedom to Catholics. After his overthrow in 1689, King William and Queen Mary became sovereigns of Britain and Ireland. Britain became a limited monarchy under the control of the British Parliament, and Catholics were again deprived of many of their rights. In England, religious freedom for Protestants who were not Anglicans was limited. Swift protested against many of these limitations of freedom and against commercial restrictions on Ireland.
Under the limited monarchy, two political parties began to compete in elections for Parliament—the Whigs, who represented merchants and non-Anglican Protestants called "Dissenters;" and the Tories, who wanted to strengthen Parliament who represented wealthy landowners, and also wanted to strengthen the Anglican Church and make the king more powerful. Swift, an Anglican dean, was a Tory.
Britain was modernizing. The Bank of England was established, trading in stocks and bonds became important, the cities grew, international commerce increased, and the Royal Society was established to conduct scientific research. Swift satirized many of these tendencies in Gulliver's Travels and elsewhere.
In literature, early forms of the novel, often involving travel and adventure, were being written. Poetry and plays were often inspired by ancient Greek and Roman literature; they were carefully written and involved strict rules. Novels were often the more fanciful form of literature.
Master List of Characters
Lemuel Gulliver—(a.k.a. The Man-Mountain, The Mannikin) Narrator of the Novel; a physician, ship's officer, and traveler.
Mary Burton—The patient wife of Lemuel Gulliver, a daughter of a London merchant who remains behind in England during his voyages.
The Hurgo—A high official of the Island of Lilliput, who feeds Gulliver after his capture and sends him to their Emperor.
Richard Sympson—Cousin of Lemuel Gulliver. The "Letter from Capt. Gulliver is addressed to him; Gulliver complains that his cousin has made alterations to the manuscript; "The Publisher to the Reader" is supposed to be written by Sympson.
James Bates—Surgeon who supports Gulliver's career.
The Emperor of Lilliput—The proud, sometimes tyrannical, ruler of the island kingdom.
Flimnap—Treasurer of Lilliput, who owes his office to his acrobatic ability.
Reldresal—Principal Secretary of Private Affairs of Lilliput, who befriends and tries to help Gulliver.
Skyresh Bolgolam—High Admiral of Lilliput and member of the governing council, he is the chief enemy Gulliver faces in Lilliput.
The Treasurer's Wife—Wife of Flimnap, who frequently visits Gulliver, accompanied by a retinue; Gulliver vindicates her honor by proving that they were never alone.
The Empress—Another enemy of Gulliver, who favors his punishment because he put out a fire in the palace in an inappropriate way.
"A Considerable person at court"—Visits Gulliver and privately gives him a copy of the articles of impeachment against him.
The Emperor of Blefuscu—Ruler of Lilliput's rival kingdom, who protects Gulliver after he escapes there, having been accused of treason by the Lilliputians.
The Farmer's Servant—The giant Brobdingnagian picks up Gulliver and takes him to his master.
The Farmer—The Brobdingnagian who exhibits Gulliver as a curiosity.
The Farmer's Wife—At first disgusted by Gulliver as though he were a spider, she is sympathetic later.
Glumdalclitch—"Little nurse" in Brobdingnagian; the farmer's daughter makes Gulliver her pet, and continues to take care of him after he is bought by the Queen of Brobdingnag.
The Queen of Brobdingnag—Buys Gulliver from the farmer and presents him to the King.
The King—Ruler of Brobdingnag, a patron of scholarship; asks Gulliver to describe England to him.
The Queen's Dwarf—Becomes Gulliver's enemy because his place as the smallest person at court has been usurped.
The Maids of Honor—They play with Gulliver and undress in his presence, which he finds disgusting because of their immense size.
The Officers—Officials who search Gulliver and make an inventory of his belongings.
Thomas Wilcocks—English sea captain who rescues Gulliver and takes him back to England after the box in which he was carried in Brobdingnag falls into the sea; thinks Gulliver is crazy.
Captain William Robinson—Invites Gulliver on his third voyage.
Clustril and Drunlo—The Treasurer's informers.
The Dutchman—One of the pirates who attack Gulliver's ship.
The Japanese Pirate—Sets Gulliver adrift after his ship is captured.
The King of the Flying Island of Laputa—Interested only in mathematics, science, and astronomy; asks Gulliver only about these subjects.
The Court Official—Related to the King of Laputa; intervenes with him to allow Gulliver to leave the Flying Island for Balnibarbi, the continent on the ground beneath it.
The Lord Munodi—Official, former governor of Lagado; describes the continent to Gulliver; shows him the Academy.
First Scholar—Member of the Academy of Lagado; tries to extract sunbeams from cucumbers.
Second Scholar—Tries to reduce human excrement to its original food.
Architect—Tries to build houses from the top down.
Blind Artist—Leads apprentices, also blind, mixing paint colors by smell.
Projector—Tries to plow the ground with hogs.
Artist—Tries to use spiders as silkworms.
Physician—Tries to cure people by pumping them with a bellow.
Universal Artist—Tries a variety of impossible experiments.
Speculative Professor—Makes a frame with all words in the Lagadan language written on pieces of wood; composes nonsensical literary works by rearranging them at random.
Language Professors—They try to substitute images of things discussed for words, eliminating the necessity of speaking.
Mathematical Professor—Tries to teach by giving students pills containing knowledge.
Political Professor—Tries to cure politicians with medicine and violence.
Second and Third Political Professors—Propose absurd methods of taxation.
Fourth Political Professor—Tries to discover conspiracies against the government by studying people's food.
Governor of Glubbdubdrib—Has ghosts for servants; acts as host to Gulliver; calls up spirits of famous historical figures at Gulliver's request.
Custom-House Officer—Confines Gulliver in Luggnagg.
King of Luggnagg—Acts as Gulliver's host; Gulliver is invited to stay permanently, but he refuses.
Struldbruggs—Immortal Luggnaggians who lack eternal youth and are therefore unable to do much or remember anything.
Emperor of Japan—Suspects Gulliver of being a Christian after he refuses to trample on a crucifix.
James Welch—Mutineer on the Adventure, who sets Gulliver adrift.
The Dapple-Grey—Houyhnhm (rational horse) who protects Gulliver and asks him about his country.
The Sorrel Nag—Servant of the Dapple-Gray.
Member of Assembly of Houyhnhms—Proposes to eliminate the Yahoos.
The Yahoos—Animal-like savage human beings in the country of the Houyhnhms.
Captain Pedro de Mendez—Takes Gulliver to Portugal after he is expelled from the land of the Houyhnhms.
Estimated Reading Time
Three weeks should be allowed for the study of Gulliver's Travels. Two weeks will be required to read the novel, reading four chapters at a sitting. The student should read every day from Monday to Friday. After reading the chapters, the student should answer all study questions in this guide to ensure understanding and comprehension. The essay questions may be used if needed. The fourth week is set aside for reports, projects, and testing as deemed necessary by the teacher.
Summary (Magill's Survey of World Literature, Revised Edition)
Lemuel Gulliver, the title character of Gulliver's Travels, is a capable, brave, and educated Englishman whose unlucky adventures drive him to sickness and madness. His simple, straightforward way of telling his story suggests that he lacks the imagination to understand what he has experienced.
Gulliver is shipwrecked off the shore of Lilliput and captured by humans only six inches tall. Practical man that he is, he promises to obey their laws controlling him. He finds Lilliput, not unlike Europe, in a state of perpetual and petty disorder. Low-heelers and High-heelers squabble over politics much as do the Whigs and Tories of Swift's day. Courtiers compete for distinctions by leaping over sticks and other such ridiculous games. Protestants and Catholics are mirrored as Big-enders and Little-enders, who cannot agree on which end of the egg should be cracked first. The war between England and France is parodied in the conflict between Lilliput and its neighbor Blefuscu. Gulliver becomes a hero by wading into the surf and carrying off the tiny Blefuscan navy. When he puts out a fire in the palace by urinating on it, he falls from favor at court and joins the Blefuscans, who help him salvage the wrecked ship in which he makes his escape.
Gulliver's next voyage takes him to Brobdingnag, the opposite of Lilliput. Proportions are reversed. People stand as tall as steeples. Gulliver is a caged pet exhibited as a freak. The queen buys...
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Summary (Masterplots, Fourth Edition)
Lemuel Gulliver, a physician, takes the post of ship's doctor on the Antelope, which sets sail from Bristol for the South Seas in May, 1699. When the ship is wrecked in a storm somewhere near Tasmania, Gulliver has to swim for his life. Wind and tide help to carry him close to a low-lying shore, where he falls, exhausted, into a deep sleep. Upon awakening, he finds himself held to the ground by hundreds of small ropes. He soon discovers that he is the prisoner of humans six inches tall. Still tied, Gulliver is fed by his captors; then he is placed on a special wagon built for the purpose and drawn by fifteen hundred small horses. Carried in this manner to the capital city of the small humans, he is exhibited as a great curiosity to the people of Lilliput, as the land of the diminutive people is called. He is kept chained to a huge Lilliputian building into which he crawls at night to sleep.
Gulliver soon learns the Lilliputian language, and through his personal charm and natural curiosity, he comes into good graces at the royal court. At length, he is given his freedom, contingent upon his obeying many rules devised by the emperor prescribing his deportment in Lilliput. Now free, Gulliver tours Mildendo, the capital city, and finds it to be similar, except in size, to European cities of the time.
Learning that Lilliput is in danger of an invasion by the forces of the neighboring empire, Blefuscu, he offers his services to the...
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Gulliver's Travels relates the adventures of Lemuel Gulliver, an English surgeon, who, in the first quarter of the eighteenth century, embarks on four voyages to unknown parts of the world. In each case, events beyond his control interrupt his progress: a storm at sea, the cowardice of his shipmates, the cruelty of pirates, and the treachery of his own sailors. He is stranded in Lilliput, a land of very small people; in Brobdingnag, a land of giants; in Laputa, Balninarbi, Glubbdubdrib, Luggnagg, and Japan, lands of scientific speculation and magic; and finally in the land of the Houyhnhnms, where degenerate humans serve as beasts of burden for a master race of horses.
A natural curiosity, courage, and linguistic proficiency allow Gulliver to master the customs of these various countries. A close observer, he minutely describes the appearance, size, and habits of the people and societies he visits, like an early anthropologist. Swift designed these exotic lands and strange characters to reflect the England of his time, but, at the same time, his satire strikes so close to human nature that it is as relevant today.
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At its simplest level, Gulliver's Travels is the story of Lemuel Gulliver and his voyages around the world. Prefaced by two letters attesting to the truth of the tales, the adventures are told by Gulliver after his return home from his final journey. Gulliver's Travels is divided into four Parts or Books, each about a different place. Because of this structure, the book as a whole has a very sketchy plot; it feels more like weekly episodes than one long narrative. The individual books also feel very choppy, since Gulliver has a habit of stumbling from one adventure or crisis to the next. The book seems more cohesive if readers recognize that each part reflects Gulliver's character and is related to all the other parts. For example, Part I discusses things being disproportionately small, and Part II discusses things being disproportionately large.
Part I: A Voyage to Lilliput
Part I, entitled "A Voyage to Lilliput," is the most famous section of Gulliver's Travels. Lured by the prospect of adventure and easy money, Lemuel Gulliver signs up as a "surgeon," or ship's doctor, for a voyage through the East Indies in Asia. Unfortunately for Gulliver, he is shipwrecked. He swims to an unfamiliar shore and, exhausted by his efforts, goes to sleep. When he awakes, he finds himself tied up by a crowd of extremely tiny and well-armed people. Gulliver is taken prisoner, shipped to the capital, and presented to the Emperor. A cross...
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Summary and Analysis
Part I, Chapters 1-4: Summary and Analysis
New Characters:
Lemuel Gulliver: an English physician, ship's officer, and traveler who is the narrator of the novel
Richard Sympson: cousin of the narrator; the "Letter from Capt. Gulliver" is addressed to him; Gulliver complains that his cousin has made alterations in his manuscript; "The Publisher to the Reader" is supposed to be written by Sympson, who says that the work has an air of truth
James Bates: surgeon who supports Gulliver's career
Mary Burton: Gulliver's wife, daughter of a London merchant
The Hurgo: Lilliputian official who supervises Gulliver's capture, feeds him, and sends him to the Emperor
The Emperor of Lilliput: the proud and sometimes tyrannical ruler of the island kingdom
The Officers: officials who search Gulliver and make an inventory of his belongings
Flimnap: Treasurer of Lilliput, who owes his office to his athletic ability, a typically flexible and adaptable politician
Reldresal: Principal Secretary of Private Affairs of Lilliput, who befriends and tries to help Gulliver
Skyresh Bolgolam: High Admiral of Lilliput and member of the governing council, chief enemy of Gulliver in Lilliput; has a morose and sour complexion
In the "Letter from Capt. Gulliver to his Cousin Sympson," Gulliver complains that his cousin, Richard Sympson, the publisher of his book, has made...
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Part I, Chapters 5-6: Summary and Analysis
New Characters:
The Empress of Lilliput: an enemy of Gulliver, who favors his punishment because he put out a fire in the palace in an inappropriate way
The Treasurer's Wife: wife of Flimnap, who frequently visits Gulliver, but accompanied by a retinue; Gulliver vindicates her honor by proving that they were never alone
Clustril and Drunlo: the Treasurer's informers cannot prove that anyone except the Treasurer (on the Emperor's express orders) came to Gulliver incognito, but successfully damaged Gulliver's reputation with the Treasurer and the Emperor
Gulliver wades and swims to the enemy island, Blefuscu, eight hundred yards at its nearest point from Lilliput, and prevents an invasion of Lilliput. He pulls away the fleet of Blefuscu by tying ropes to the ships and pulling the ropes, thus taking the ships to Lilliput. He shields himself from the enemy's arrows with his eyeglasses. As a result, Gulliver is created a Nardac, Lilliput's highest title of honor. The Emperor proposes that Gulliver do the same for all other ships of Blefuscu; Gulliver refuses, saying that as a result Blefuscu would be conquered by Lilliput. He would "never be an instrument of bringing a free and brave people into slavery." The cabinet of Lilliput agrees with Gulliver, but the Emperor and many high officials then become enemies of Gulliver and plot against him. Blefuscu asks for peace; Gulliver's...
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Part I, Chapters 7-8: Summary and Analysis
New Characters:
"A Considerable person at Court": visits Gulliver and privately gives him a copy of the articles of impeachment against him
The Emperor of Blefuscu: ruler who protects Gulliver after Gulliver, having been accused of treason by the Lilliputians, escapes to Blefuscu
Mrs. Gulliver: the patient wife of the narrator, who remains behind in England during his voyages; introduced earlier as Mary Burton, her maiden name
In Chapters Seven and Eight Gulliver, who "had been all my life," as he says, "a stranger to Courts," discovers their terrible effects. He is privately informed by "a considerable person at Court" of the Lilliputians' charges against him. He is informed by this person that envy of his achievement in capturing the enemy's fleet has earned Gulliver the undying hatred of the admiral, Skyresh Bolgolam, and that Flimnap, the High Treasurer, has been antagonized by rumors about Gulliver and his lady. The articles of impeachment against Gulliver are shown to Gulliver and to the reader. The first article accuses Gulliver of ritual pollution by urinating on the imperial palace "under color of extinguishing the fire." The second article accuses him of treasonously refusing to seize all the ships of Blefuscu, protecting that island from conquest by Lilliput. The third article accuses him of inappropriate contact with the ambassadors from Blefuscu, while the...
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Part II, Chapters 1-2: Summary and Analysis
New Characters:
The Farmer's Servant: the giant Brobdingnagian, who picks up Gulliver and takes him to his master
The Farmer: Brobdingnagian who exhibits Gulliver as a curiosity
The Farmer's Wife: at first disgusted by Gulliver as though he were a spider, later sympathetic to him
Glumdalclitch: meaning "little nurse" in Brobdingnagian; the farmer's daughter, whose pet Gulliver becomes, and who continues to take care of him after he is bought by the Queen of Brobdingnag
Gulliver sails for India (specifically Surat), but his ship is blown off course by a storm; an island is discovered, and Gulliver and some other men go to the island in one of the ship's boats. Gulliver walks toward the interior of the island, but he suddenly sees the other men running toward the ship's boat. They row out to the ship, leaving Gulliver behind; they are being chased by a "huge creature." Gulliver flees and sees giant plants and then a man as tall as a church steeple. He and other giants are reaping enormous crops; he realizes that he is now in the same position with respect to these giants as the Lilliputians had been with respect to him. One of the reapers literally picks Gulliver up, puts him in his pocket, and takes him to the farmer whose servant he is. Gulliver again cooperates, as he had done in Lilliput. He steps into the farmer's handkerchief and frightens the farmer's wife,...
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Part II, Chapters 3-4: Summary and Analysis
New Characters:
The Queen of Brobdingnag: buys Gulliver from the farmer and presents him to the King
The King: ruler of Brobdingnag, a patron of scholarship; asks Gulliver to describe England to him
The Queen's Dwarf: becomes Gulliver's enemy because he is no longer the smallest person at court
A gentleman usher commands Gulliver's master to bring him to the royal court for the entertainment of the Queen of Brobdingnag and the royal ladies. Gulliver expresses willingness to be sold to the Queen, and the farmer sells him to her. Gulliver then asks that Glumdalclitch continue as his nurse, and this is agreed to. Gulliver meets the King of Brobdingnag, a great scholar and patron of learning. Gulliver is examined by three great scholars, who, after examining him, pronounce Gulliver a sport of nature, a concept used by modern philosophy, according to Swift, to explain things that in an earlier time would have been explained by occult causes. The King asks the farmer and Glumdalclitch about Gulliver; the latter is appointed a regular member of the royal household, and a house and furniture are built for Gulliver. Clothing and plates are also made for him, and ladies of the court amuse themselves by watching Gulliver eat.
The King asks Gulliver detailed questions about Europe and its manners and government. He then laughingly asks Gulliver whether he is a Whig or Tory, reflecting that such...
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Part II, Chapters 5-6: Summary and Analysis
New Characters:
The Maids of Honor: play with Gulliver and undress in his presence, which he finds disgusting because of their immense size
Gulliver continues to be tormented by the Dwarf, is pelted by Brobdingnagian hailstones, is picked up by a dog but rescued by a gardener, and is attacked again by birds.
Glumdalclitch and Gulliver are frequently invited by the Maids of Honor of the court to their rooms. They would strip him naked and lay him full length on their bosoms. Gulliver is offended by their odor; similarly a Lilliputian had once told him that he was offended by Gulliver's odor. The Maids of Honor undress in Gulliver's presence, which Gulliver finds offensive. Gulliver witnesses an execution, rows a boat, and almost falls forty feet on the floor. He is attacked by a frog and a monkey, who puts him on the roof of a building, but is rescued by men with ladders. He describes his close escape from death to the King, who finds it amusing. Gulliver feels like a poor man attempting to mix with the rich.
In Chapter Six, Gulliver watches the King being shaved, and he makes a comb out of bristles of the King's hair and some pieces of wood. He makes pieces cut from the Queen's hair into furniture. He tries to play a spinet (piano-like instrument) sixty feet long. He gives a detailed description of England to the King, who ridicules political corruption there. The King ridicules the idea of...
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Part II, Chapters 7-8: Summary and Analysis
New Character:
Thomas Wilcocks: English sea captain who rescues Gulliver and takes him back to England after the box in which he was carried in Brobdingnag falls into the sea; at first thinks Gulliver is crazy
Gulliver continues to describe England, answering the King of Brobdingnag's questions; despite Gulliver's efforts to present England in the best possible light, the King sees the bad features. Gulliver tells the King about gunpowder, trying to instruct the king to have it made, together with firearms, but the Brobdingnagian King is aghast at the existence of so terrible a weapon. Gulliver thinks that the King is unnecessarily cautious. The King is unfamiliar with European secrets of statecraft, and thinks that:
whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
This is one of the most famous statements in Swift's works; Gulliver thinks the King "confined the knowledge of governing within very narrow bounds." In other words, the King seems to Gulliver to be naive.
Gulliver notes that the knowledge of the Brobdingnagians is practical, not theoretical; they explain things in very simple terms. To write a commentary on any law is punished by death; there are...
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Part III, Chapters 1-3: Summary and Analysis
New Characters:
Captain William Robinson: invites Gulliver on his third voyage
The Dutchman: one of the pirates who attack Gulliver's ship; proposes that Gulliver be set adrift
The Japanese Pirate: sets Gulliver adrift
The King of the Flying Island of Laputa: interested only in mathematics, science, and astronomy; asks Gulliver only about these subjects
Ten days after his arrival in England from his second voyage, Gulliver is asked by Captain William Robinson to be ship's surgeon, on a voyage to the East Indies, in two months. He persuades his wife, after some difficulties, to allow him to go. After spending time in India and Tonquin (part of modern Vietnam), Gulliver's ship is driven off course by a storm and attacked by pirate ships. Gulliver antagonizes a Dutch pirate by telling him that Gulliver and his men are Christians. The Dutch pirate tries to persuade the Japanese captain of the larger pirate ship to throw him into the sea; instead, Gulliver is set adrift in a small boat. He sails to a small island; after sailing to several islands, Gulliver lands on an island and is surprised to see an immense object in the sky. It turns out to be an island in the air, inhabited by people, with several levels and stairways. Gulliver asks for help with gestures, and he is pulled up to the island.
In Chapter Two, Gulliver sees people attended by servants, called...
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Part III, Chapters 4-6: Summary and Analysis
New Characters:
The Court Official: related to the King of Laputa; intervenes with the King to allow Gulliver to leave the Flying Island for Balnibarbi, the continent on the ground beneath it
The Lord Munodi: official, former governor of Lagado; describes the continent to Gulliver; shows him the Academy
First Scholar: member of the Academy of Lagado; tries to extract sunbeams from cucumbers
Second Scholar: tries to reduce human excrement to its original food
Architect: tries to build houses from the top down
Blind Artists: leads apprentices, also blind, trying to mix paint colors by smell
Projector: tries to plow the ground with hogs
Artist: tries to use spiders as silkworms
Physician: tries to cure people by pumping them with a bellows
Universal Artist: tries a variety of impossible experiments
Speculative Professor: makes a frame with all the words in the Lagadan language written on pieces of wood; composes nonsensical literary works by rearranging them at random
Language Professors: try to substitute images of things discussed for words, eliminating the necessity of speaking
Mathematical Professor: tries to teach by giving students pills to take, containing knowledge
Political Professor: tries to cure politicians by medicine and violence
Second and Third Political Professors: propose...
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Part III, Chapters 7-9: Summary and Analysis
New Characters:
Governor of Glubbdubdrib: has ghosts for servants; acts as host to Gulliver; calls up spirits of famous historical figures at Gulliver's request
Custom-House Officer: confines Gulliver in Luggnag
King of Luggnag: acts as Gulliver's host; invites Gulliver to stay permanently, but he refuses
Gulliver travels to the port of Maldonada, to get a ship to Luggnag, a country which trades with Japan. There being no ship available for some time, Gulliver makes a side-trip to the small island of Glubbdubdrib, the island of sorcerers or magicians. The people are all magicians, and when Gulliver is received by the Governor of the island, he finds that, as he had heard, the Governor's servants are ghosts. The Governor lets Gulliver call up the ghosts of anyone he chooses; Gulliver sees many famous people, mostly from classical antiquity. He prefers to see the destroyers of tyrants and usurpers, and restorers of liberty to their people.
In Chapter Eight, Gulliver sees the ghosts of Homer and Aristotle, famous philosophers and Roman Emperors. Gulliver finds out that most kings are actually of humble descent. He discovers that historians have falsified history to make people look morally better, and to hide the extent of human corruption, includ¬ing the sins of most holders of high office. Gulliver discovers that in ancient Rome the deserving went without rewards and the...
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Part III, Chapters 10-11: Summary and Analysis
New Characters:
Struldbruggs: immortal Laggnagians who lack eternal youth and are therefore unable to do much or remember anything.
Emperor of Japan: suspects Gulliver of being a Christian after he refuses to trample on a crucifix.
At Luggnag, Gulliver is told that some people born there are Struldbruggs or Immortals. Gulliver is, at first, impressed by the idea of people who live forever and are therefore able to bring the experience of the ages to each generation. Then he discovers that they have only eternal life and not eternal youth, and are thus unable to do much or remember anything. They are despised and hated, having to be supported at public expense.
Gulliver finally travels to Japan, where he is told that, like the Dutch who trade with the Japanese, he has to publicly trample on a crucifix in order to be allowed to leave. With some difficulty, he is exempted from this requirement, although this exemption has to be kept secret from the Dutch. The Japanese Emperor suspects Gulliver of being a Christian. Gulliver passes as a Dutchman, and he goes to the Netherlands on a Dutch ship. From there he returns to England, finding his family in good health.
The Struldbruggs disappoint Gulliver by having eternal life and not eternal youth, defeating what Gulliver thinks would be the very purpose of immortality. Gulliver is satirizing travelers' tales about...
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Part IV, Chapters 1-2: Summary and Analysis
New Characters:
James Welch: Mutineer on the Adventure, who sets Gulliver ashore on an island
The Yahoos: animal-like, savage human beings in the country of the Houyhnhms
The Dapple-Gray: Houyhnhm (rational horse) who protects Gulliver and asks him about his country
The Sorrel: servant of the Dapple Gray
Gulliver spends about five months at home in England. With his wife pregnant, he accepts the captaincy of the Adventure, a merchant ship. New sailors to replace those who die of disease are taken on at Barbados. They turn out to be pirates and mutiny against Gulliver, who is held prisoner by them. James Welch, a mutineer, tells Gulliver that the decision has been made to set Gulliver ashore at the first landing-place. Gulliver lands on a strange island, where he is attacked by ugly, disgusting, animals. He is rescued by a horse, who is greeted by another horse; they seem to be conferring together like humans. They examine Gulliver, amazed at his clothing. Gulliver speaks to the horses and is amazed to discover that they neigh in a language. Gulliver gradually learns their language. He hears the word "Yahoo," and learns it.
In Chapter Two, Gulliver finds horses living in a crude sort of building. He discovers that the Yahoos are in fact human beings, although of a filthy and disgusting nature. They are forced to serve the horses, who are called Houyhnhms; they pull...
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Part IV, Chapters 3-5: Summary and Analysis
Gulliver learns the language of the Houyhnhms. His master is amazed at his ability, so uncharacteristic of the Yahoos, and is curious about Gulliver's origin. Gulliver explains his origin, having difficulties because certain human concepts can be explained only with great difficulty in the Houyhnhms' language. Gulliver has to say "the thing which is not" because there is no word for "lie" or "falsehood." When Gulliver is accidentally seen naked, the Houyhnhms realize that he is of the same species as the Yahoos, but differs only in walking on the two hind feet. The Houyhnhms have great difficulty in believing that Gulliver comes from a country in which human beings are rational beings.
In Chapter Four, Gulliver learns that the Houyhnhms believe that the purpose of language is to communicate facts. To "say the thing which is not" defeats the purpose of language. They have difficulty believing that in Gulliver's country people ride horses, and they want to know why the horses don't throw and trample their would-be riders. Gulliver explains how horses are bred, and that some of them are castrated. The Houyhnhms think that Gulliver's body is less serviceable than a horse's. Lacking heavy hair all over his body, he is forced to take the trouble of making and wearing clothes. Gulliver tells a story, emphasizing human vices; the Houyhnhms are unable to understand the purpose of practicing these vices, nor can they...
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Part IV, Chapters 6-8: Summary and Analysis
Gulliver continues to describe English society to the dapple-gray, and continues to have difficulty explaining human concepts such as money. The Houyhnhm is amazed at human inequality, and at the use by humans of luxuries such as wines and liquors, some of which have to be imported. Gulliver then explains that the bad habits of human beings cause illness, which in turn requires the services of physicians and pharmacists, who often cause rather than prevent death, making them "of special use to husbands and wives who are grown weary of their mates, to eldest sons, to great ministers of state, and often to princes." Gulliver explains that a minister of state is a creature totally exempt from any human emotion except for a violent desire for wealth, power and titles, and who never tells the truth without meaning that it should be thought a lie and vice versa. People rise to high office, according to Gulliver, only by undue influence or hypocrisy. The three principal instruments of statecraft are insolence, lying, and bribery. Politicians are, in the last resort, governed by a "decayed wench or favorite footman."
When Gulliver mentions nobility, the dapple-gray notes that among the Houyhnhms, those of certain colors are better-shaped and more intelligent than others, who continue in the condition of servants. The dapple-gray expressed the opinion that Gulliver must be a noble of his own nation. Gulliver denies that he is a noble...
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Part IV, Chapters 9-10: Summary and Analysis
New Character:
Member of Assembly of Houyhnhms: proposes to eliminate the Yahoos
The Houyhnhms hold a grand assembly about three months before Gulliver's departure; the dapple-gray is a representative. The members debate (the only debate they ever held) whether to eliminate the Yahoos. The Yahoos had not always been in the country of the Houyhnhms; two appeared together on a mountain long ago, produced by mud or by the sea, and proceeded to multiply. To control them, the Houyhnhms killed some and tamed the rest. Asses would make better domestic animals. The dapple mentions Gulliver, and suggests that the first Yahoos to arrive in the land of the Houyhnhms came by sea like Gulliver and gradually degenerated and became more savage. The Yahoos should be eliminated by castration, just as Gulliver's people castrate Houyhnhms.
Gulliver goes on to say that the Houyhnhms have no writing; all their knowledge is traditional. They have no need for physicians. They know a little astronomy, and they are great poets. They build wooden houses, and they use parts of their hooves the way people use their hands, with great dexterity. They use stone tools and crude vessels of earth and wood. They die only of old age, unless there are accidents, and feel neither joy nor grief at deaths in their families. In one case, a mare arrived very late for an appointment because her husband "retired to his first mother." She was...
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Part IV, Chapters 11-12: Summary and Analysis
New Character:
Captain Pedro de Mendez: takes Gulliver to Portugal after he is expelled from the land of the
Gulliver sails away from the land of the Houyhnhms in his boat. He hears the sorrel nag, who always loved him, crying out, "Take of yourself, gentle Yahoo." Gulliver plans to go to some uninhabited island with the means to support life and spend the rest of his life alone there, thinking of the virtues of the Houyhnhms. He would rather do this than hold the highest office in the politest court of Europe, so disgusted is he with human beings. He decides to sail to New Holland (Australia). He lands there, but is attacked by naked savages who injure him with an arrow.
He sees a sail in the distance but does not want to go aboard the ship. Several sailors see him and speak to Gulliver in Portuguese, which he understands. They tell him that the captain will take him for free to Portugal. From there, he could return to England. Gulliver is so reluctant to return to England that he has to be tied up and taken by force to the ship.
The captain, Pedro de Mendez, is sympathetic and generous, but Gulliver is so disgusted by human beings that he tries to jump off the ship and swim away. He has to be chained in his cabin. Gulliver briefly describes his experiences to the captain, who begins to believe Gulliver, but the captain compels Gulliver to promise to make no attempts on...
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This is a group to bring together Annapolis Area Artists for Networking, Collaboration, Support, and Fun!
We're cultural gladiators--people who love getting out and about in Washington DC, and doing all The District has to offer! Make new friends and bring existing ones along as we have fun together while taking in: special events, lounges, concerts, open mics, festivals, museum exhibits, theatre performances, and more. Let's do DC!
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Thinking About Purchasing Topsail Island Real Estate? Use These Great Tips To Make Your Purchase
If you are a newcomer to purchasing real estate, you're probably looking for some tips that can save you money and add value to the home of your dreams. You want more for less… right? This article provides several effective tips that you can immediately utilize to begin your real estate success.
Resort areas are hot right now and properties along the North Carolina Coast are especially selling well. On top of that there are deals to be had but you have to know where to look and what to do once you locate the property of your dreams.
If you are looking to relocate, do some research on the internet about different communities and neighborhoods. You can find out a great deal of information about even the smallest town. Consider the population, population and unemployment rate of your desired location before purchasing a house there so you ensure that you will love where you live. Let's take Topsail Island as an example. Topsail Island real estate is an exceptional place to purchase property. Not only is it a great place to live and raise kids or retire, it is a great place to own investment property capable of providing your family a great place to vacation and also an income from vacation rentals.
Here is a short list of areas along the NC coast where real estate is hot right now:
- Topsail Island
- Surf City
- North Topsail Beach
- Sunset Beach
- BaldHead Island
- Wilmington NC
One good idea is to look for properties that require major improvements because these are usually sold at reduced prices. This permits you to save your money on the purchase price, and then you can make the repairs on your schedule as cash is available. A few updates and improvements could transform an ugly facade into your very own castle by the sea!
Be flexible about the choices you are making choices. You might not get your perfect home, but you may be able to afford one or the other. If you can't find a perfect house in a certain area, look for it in an adequate area or find an adequate house in a perfect area.
A lot of Realtors have ready made checklists of purchasing a home. The checklist can help ensure that everything is in order when it needs to be.
If you want to make a terrific real estate investment, you should think about repairing and remodeling it. You'll earn an instant return on investment and increase in property value rises. Sometimes it will rise more than what you have invested.
It is vital that you know about the common terms when buying a home.
Adding financial incentives to offers will make sellers less willing to negotiate selling price.
You should ask them specific questions such as how many homes they sell and whether they are homes that are located in the area you are interested in buying. The real estate agent should be prepared to answer any of these questions in a professional way.
Try to avoid homes with fireplaces in the main living room. It is a real hassle to keep up to cleaning multiple fireplaces and they are rarely used anyway.
If you are going to be starting a new business, or space within a building to open a shop, make sure that the location is in a viable and relatively safe neighborhood. Starting up a new business in the wrong neighborhood will not win you many customers. Consult your real estate agent to find the best neighborhood to open your shop.
Take time to measure a home you thinking about buying. The difference between these two figures should be no more than 100 square feet; if it is more than that, either rethink your purchase, or figure out what is going on.
Get a warranty for your home warranty. When you are buying a new home from the person who built it, or from an owner, you should always request a warranty. The builder should be willing to back up his or her work for a minimum amount of time.
If you are going to rent property, ask your landlord whose responsibility it is to maintain the garden. Some rentals will have the tenant to perform yard duties. Other places still will offer this included in the monthly payments.
If you have a friend who knows about real estate, it is wise to take along someone who has home buying experience. This will give you an extra set of eyes to keep a look out flaws in the house that would otherwise have gone unnoticed. You should also have them before you arrive to ask things of the realtor on your behalf.
It might take a while to find the property for your goals and strategy.
Prioritize what you really want before negotiating a final price for real estate. Make sure you know all of your issues, including whatever expectations you hold for each. The issues that hold the greatest importance to you should be your highest priorities.
Purchasing real estate is sometimes daunting for anyone, but using the tips in this article should bring you more knowledge and with knowledge comes confidence. Take the tips and suggestions you learned here, and you'll be a more confident and savvy property buyer.


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New Year by Vip in the capital of fun ...
In the Christmas period Milano Marittima is wrapped 24 hours to 24 from a pleasant background music from many local bar and bar street is spreading to the city. It 'an irresistible sound that joins the beautiful visual impact represented by the lights and decorations that dressed up the city center, with its many shops and boutiques that carry the signature of the greatest designers and Griffes of the most prestigious fashion houses . Milano Marittima is, in short, a real local open-air that has elected Viale Gramsci to his refined and exclusive lounge, a crossroads for aperitifs, shopping and many unforgettable encounters to live under the light sparkling tree lit. Among the gems of Milano Marittima a place of honor it is certainly the clubs, famous, sophisticated and elegant destinations are players, models and VIPs who live their New Year in a captivating and exclusive, celebrating and kisses between the bubbles' arrival of 2009.
The Christmas but of course also means tradition and in this sense must be made for the entertainment shows and events dedicated to smaller, and the beautiful and evocative Living Nativity set in the city.
And speaking of Milano Marittima you can not omit mention of a splendid hotel, hotel able to offer their customers services of outstanding quality, comfort and impeccable courtesy and discreet, as a summons to duty on the local restaurant insuparabili prelibaltezze its gastronomic product of an incomparable culinary skills. Cervia and Milano Marittima, two seemingly so close and so different, are actually a perfect combination and a choice of the highest order for future festivals, magic and exclusive places to live and celebrate the enchantment of the New Year.


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Estero cheerleaders sideline themselves in protest of coach's firing
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Wake of a cheerleading controversy at estero high school. Some say it all started with a part-time job at hooters. Four in your corner's liza fernandez has new information tonight. Estero high still reeling from the unexpained firing of cheerleadingPhoto: Video by fox4now.com
ESTERO - Estero High is still reeling from the unexplained firing of cheerleading coach Nicole Zivich.
This all started after Zivich was fired -- she claimed for working at Hooters. Now we're learning a basketball coach has been let go, too. Students say it was for helping them stand up for what they believe.
"Our coach was not allowed to wear Hooters attire at practice because it was not appropriate, so I do believe it had something to do with that." Cheerleader Jocelyn Peppard says.
That's what Zivich and her cheerleaders believe -- but the district denies.
So why was she fired? The girls have been waiting for that answer since their impassioned plea to school board members last week.
"Some of these cheerleaders wore these ribbons in support of Nicole, and some of the basketball players wore them on their shoes." Peppard says.
After that game Monday night, JV coach Mark Stuckey was released from his coaching duties.
"The coach was really upset. She cried about it. Some boys cried about it too." Peppard says.
The district doesn't comment on personnel issues.
"It's really upsetting because he got in trouble for supporting for what we believe in, and I just don't think it's right." Peppard says.
So the squad has sidelined itself.
"It hurt but since we made a commitment as cheerleaders to support sports. We all agreed to go to all the games. We were supposed to go as cheerleaders, but now we're going just in support." Peppard says.
FOX 4 did receive Nicole's personnel file. No indication on why she was fired. The basketball coach remains at the school in his position as a math teacher.
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The Phoenix Regional Sports Commission (PRSC) has named Katie Brown as its new president and executive director. Brown joins PRSC after serving as secretary, general counsel and a member of the PRSC Executive Board for the last six months, and serving as a board member for the past two years. … [Continue Reading]


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Why Content Curation is the Ultimate Compliment to the Creator
Before today, imitation was the greatest form of flattery. If your idea was good enough to be copied, then you were golden. But now, with the state of the web in our lives, this balance is shifting. While "copying" still does exist online, the concept of "copying" is now simply a way to bump your own Google ranking by farming someone else's content. This, is not flattering. Even if correctly cited, 100% republished work is simply cheating to get ahead. Curation, on the other hand — the meaningful selection, enrichment, and sharing of existing media — combines imitation and creation. Curators have to create a new perspective or idea on top of the existing media which supports the content in the original.


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Knitting On The Road eBook: Sock Patterns for the Traveling Knitter
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I am primarily a top water fisherman and use many different baits. I tried this bait while on a good top water bite during a fishing trip. This bait is very tail heavy making it very difficult to "walk the dog". It tends to bob up and down rather than swim. I wasted good money on a product that I will never use again. Don't waste your time with this bait. It'll run your fish off rather than attract them. Trying not to be harsh but can't help but tell the truth...
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The annual charrette of the Inter-School Design Competition held at the National Building Museum recently took place. The charrette consisted of 47 students of architecture from the six Washington DC/Maryland/Virgina metro region. The students from area university architecture programs worked in a day long collaborative design charrette that culminated in an awards program, organized by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and juried by a team of local and national architects led by renowned Architect Marc Tsurumaki of Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis. The competition was held on Sunday 07 October 2012. Three University of Maryland Architecture students were part of winning teams announced at the awards ceremony.
Allison Palmadesso (B.S. Arch 2013) was part of the first place team. Marc Tsurumaki noted the strength of the winning scheme for it's "spatial clarity and sectional logic". Alexander Tahinos (B.S. Arch 2013) was a member of the third place team that was rewarded for the "sense of sophistication with regard to the landscape issues of the project". Insung Hwang (B.S. Arch 2013) was on the team awarded honorable mention in the competition for a project that was deemed "spatially complex" by the jury. Other representatives from the senior class in the Bachelor or Architecture Program included; Alexandre Comas, Dori Hadzhiganeva, Brittney Leeb, David Leestma, and Ari Lewkowitz. This year's competition explored a waterfront site adjacent to the Washington National Baseball stadium that was envisaged as a new port/terminal for water taxi service to the waterfront park and promenade planned for the site.
Over the past two decades the three Washington area chapters of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the Washington Architectural Foundation, and the National Building Museum have collaborated to organize the annual Interschool Design Competition. These competitions have opened the door for students to the local school of architecture and the architectural profession at-large. Participants in this design competition are students at all levels enrolled in the area's university architecture programs, including the Catholic University of America, Howard University, Morgan State University, the University of Maryland, Virginia Tech Washington/Alexandria Architecture Center (WAAC) and University of the District of Columbia. 2012 marks the fifteenth year of this annual tradition, with events held at the District Architecture Center and the National Building Museum in Washington, DC.
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Hebatallah Elgawish (University of the District of Columbia)
Second Place – Team 2
Heba Bella (Virginia Tech/WAAC)
Third Place – Team 12
Audi Malcolm (University of the District of Columbia)
Martin Schmidt (Virginia Tech/WAAC)
Alexander Tahinos (University of Maryland)
Philip Taylor (Morgan State University)
Honorable Mention – Team 4
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6 Meetup Groups match "Ukulele" near Dade City, FL
Everything ukulele. A group for all ages with a common interest in ukuleles, discussions, learning , playing, show and tell, swap meets, buying and selling, anything ukulele. We will schedule a once a month meeting and encourage all to bring their instruments. This group provides a ukulele friendly club for north Pinellas, Pasco counties and surrounding areas. Check out the following web site to find our what's happened and what's to come www.love-ukuleles.com
Do you play the ukulele? Have you thought about getting on the "uke fever" bandwagon? Here's your chance to learn the ukulele and jam with fellow ukers at local venues. No experience is necessary to join the singalongs and have some good clean fun. All styles of playing are welcome!
Florida's largest ukulele club holds regular events including workshops, performances, open mic & jam sessions. We also host the annual Tampa Bay Ukulele Getaway during the first weekend in November.
We gather on the 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month at Natures Food Patch in Clearwater. Finding peace and soul-connection through music. Using acoustic guitars, hand drums, flutes, ukuleles, etc. we can play & sing together in harmony. There is so much great music out there. Be it pop, folk, rock, blues, it is all welcomed and appreciated. No electric guitars please. I have the right to refuse/bar anyone from this song circle. "You are the music while the music lasts." T. S. Eliot
Musicians use music as a means of self-expression. This group is a means of fellowship among local area musicians to help promote networking and a platform for that self-expression. Musicians at all levels of experience are welcome. Guitar, Fiddle, Harmonica, Flute, Piano, Percussion, Violin, Cello, Ukulele, Harp, Mandolin, Sax, Trumpet, Clarinet,
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This group is for anyone looking to connect with other Pacific Islanders! Anyone from or with connections to Japan, Philippines, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, Samoa, Tahiti, Hawaii, and other Polynesian islands are welcomed!
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Ten Years On: A September 11 Eyewitness In Tucson Remembers
Sunday, September 11th, 2011The original owner of my cat Bonnie said goodbye to the seven month-old calico kitten and walked the short distance from Battery Park City to the World Trade Center. She never saw Bonnie again.
A few minutes earlier, my roommate Leslie Ballard and my upstairs neighbor and close friend, Jeffery Cotton — the celebrated classical composer — had both left our condo on Montgomery Street. It was a delightful, sunny fall morning and they walked to the PATH station and waited for a train to take them to the downtown World Trade Center stop.
I had been up until about 2 am on the night of September 10, sharing cocktails with a couple of friends, and planning my upcoming business trip to Denver on September 12, a trip that would never take place. As a result, I slept in later than normal on the morning of the 11th. Living so close to downtown Manhattan, the noise of daily traffic and motion was a constant sonic background, but that morning it seemed louder and more urgent that usual.
My girlfriend at the time, Jackie Ho, was an early riser and when I walked into the living room, she'd already been up for a while. "There's a fire at the World Trade Center," she said, quietly, in her characteristically controlled manner, much as if someone had said: "There was a fire at the car factory but it's nothing serious." And so I did not feel alarmed until I looked out of our east-facing front windows to see the enamel-blue sky filled with brown and white smoke. At that point we didn't know what had happened and assumed it was a conventional fire.
Jackie and I lived only a couple of miles from the Trade Center and for some reason I wanted a closer look. I am not the sort of person who gapes at road accidents, but the scale of this fire was astonishing enough for me to want to investigate. I dressed quickly, grabbed one of my cameras and Jackie and I walked out onto Montgomery Street and headed for the Hudson River. The streets were full of people pointing and staring at the towers. During our fairly short walk, the second plane hit, and by the time we arrived at the west bank of the Hudson River—directly opposite the Trade Center—both towers were ablaze.
The south tower collapsed right in front of us, so quickly that I could scarcely believe such a massive structure disintegrated so rapidly. For a couple of seconds a ghostly three-dimensional pillar of dust hung in the air, exactly mimicking the size and outline of the vanished tower. I am a photographer and it is my duty to record remarkable sights, but I left my Nikon pointed at the ground. I knew hundreds or maybe thousands of hard-working New Yorkers were being crushed at that moment and I did not want to preserve the horrible scene. The tower falling is the most haunting image in my memory and I am glad I don't have a photograph of it.
And then the survivors arrived.
Ferries, tug boats and other small vessels began discharging evacuees where we stood. Many were covered — I mean literally covered from head to toe — in dust the color of buttermilk. I wanted to give my cell phone to anyone who needed it to call a loved one so they could say, "The Trade Center just collapsed but I'm okay," but the WTC towers were the cell phone towers and mobile phones were not working. I distinctly remember several young women — probably secretaries — in their work attire but still wearing street-friendly sneakers, indicating that they were on their way in to their offices when the planes hit. It was a good day to be a couple of minutes late.
Jeffery Cotton and Leslie Ballard were both on the PATH train, in the tunnel near the WTC station when the towers burst into flame. Passengers on the train ahead of them were crushed or incinerated by burning, cascading jet fuel. An elderly PATH employee knew something was terribly wrong above ground, and jumped on the tracks with a flashlight to stop incoming trains. I met him, entirely by accident, exactly one year later, and thanked him for saving my friends' lives. Leslie moved to Connecticut and — some years later, still uneasy about riding the PATH train — Jeffery moved to Pennsylvania.
For two weeks after September 11 I did rescue work, and took photos, all day, every day. I devoted time to the Hudson County SPCA, also known as the Assisi Center, where I worked as volunteer art director. None of us at the shelter were prepared for the flood of orphaned animals who would suddenly and desperately need homes because their owners had been murdered by Saudi Arabians (yes, let's please not forget who piloted those planes — citizens of "Western-friendly" Saudi Arabia).
I never met Bonnie's owner, and I suppose I will never really know anything about her. As best I can figure, Bonnie was rescued, on the morning of September 14, by fireman going through the shattered apartments of Battery Park City. She was put in a donated plastic cat box and left on one of the downtown piers, along with scores of other cats, dogs, rabbits, and birds. Our shelter was already overcrowded but we took her, and a few other cats anyway. Bonnie was a tiny thing, soaking wet and terrified, and doubtless wondering why she had been taken away from her home. None of the volunteers at the shelter could get her out of her box, but when I opened up the door, she took a few steps and brushed her cheek against my hand. We've been together ever since.
If I had been trapped inside one of the burning towers ten years ago today, my final moments would have been spent worrying about my adored pet. Bonnie's owner didn't need to worry. On the very rare occasions when Bonnie is naughty and claws up my couch or knocks something over and breaks it, I don't shout at her, but rather I remember the silent promise I made back in 2001 — that I would always look after her and always give her the best life possible, because her original owner could not.
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