Gulliver’s Travels Chapter 1

In “Chapter One” we are introduced to the narrator. We learn where he went to college that he is married and some of his past history about his father. We also learn that he gets shipwrecked on an island and whenever he wakes up he is surrounded by little people. This people have tied him down and he is unable to move. Throughout a period of time they feed him, and bring him to meet the emperor. In my opinion i feel like he could escape at anytime ,but he is choosing not too.

There is Political Satire within this Chapter,AT we learn from the very beginning that there is some similarity between Chapter 1 and what is going on within foreign policy of England at this time. At this point in time England was in the middle of recolonization with other countries. England is very small, but it is strong because of it’s “formidable feet”, just like the little men within the story.