Gulliver’s

Travels
Jonathan Swift
• an Irish writer
• Isaac Bickerstaff
• November 30, 1667
• October 19, 1745
NOTABLE
WORKS
1. The Modest Proposal which was
published 1729 to talk about the
economy wherein the poor Irish
people butcher their child for the
wealthy English landlords.
2. Gulliver’s Travels which was
published in 1726 as “Travels into
Several Remote Nations of the
World to mock the English
customs and politics.
• Lemuel Gulliver – one of the
major characters who is a
surgeon and a sea captain
visiting remote places in the
world.
Settings
1. Lilliput – a
place where
people are 6
inches tall with
small minds.
2. Brobdingnag – a
place where people
are giants who are
12 times bigger than
a man and do not
understand
abstractions.
3. Laputa –
a flying
island that
attacks
land below
like bombs.
VOCABULARY
1. Maxim – a noun that refers
to a saying, an adage or a
proverb.
Example: “True champs
never quit.”
2. Circumspection – an
adjective that refers to
thinking carefully about
possible risks before doing or
saying something.
3. Contrivance – a noun that refers
to a set up or a certain
arrangement or something that
causes things to happen in the
story in a way that does not seem
natural or unbelievable.
Synonyms: Gizmo or Gimmick
4. Victuals – a noun that refers to a
food and a verb that refers to
provision.
Example:
Manna is a victual coming from
God during Moses’ journey.
5. Absurd – it is an adjective that
refers to being extremely silly,
foolish, or unreasonable.
Example:
The boy who ate the chicken
alive is so absurd.
ACTIVITY:
Write a film analysis
by answering the
following questions.
1. Enumerate 3 characters
from the story with their
brief description.
2. Relate those characters to
the present situation.
3. Describe the settings observed
in the film and relate it to the
present situation.
4. Write the present situation to
the past situation as observed in
the film.
5. Write the moral of the
story.
RUBRICS
Content - 10
Organization - 10
Proper Mechanics - 10
NOTE:
Plagiarism
– is the appropriation of
another person’s ideas,
processes, results, or words
without giving proper credit.
GUIDELINES
• Write the analysis in a short bond
paper
• TNR – 12
• Not LESS than 50 words and not
MORE than 100 words per number.
SUBMISSION is on
NOVEMBER 27,
2017/English time
ONLY.
Narrative perspective -
is an element of fiction
that refers to the
vantage point used to
tell the story.
Narrative perspective -
is the window through
which the readers can
see the characters and
the events in the story.
Most Commonly
Narrative
Perspectives in
Fiction
a. 1st POV
– the story is being
narrated from the
author’s vantage point.
a. 1st POV
– The story is being
narrated through the
character’s eyes.
a. 1st POV
– The usage of I, me,
myself, my and mine
are evident.
Example:
– Gulliver’s Travels
b. 2nd POV
– the author involves the
reader in the story by directly
talking to the reader making
him a character in the story.
b. 2nd POV
– The pronouns you
and your are evident
in the story.
Example:
– 13 Reasons Why
c. 3rd POV
– the author tells the story from either
one character’s perspective or an all
knowing perspective wherein the
readers are able to access one or some
of the characters emotions and
experiences.
• 3rd Person Limited
– also known as third person subjective
wherein it uses the 3rd person voice (i.e.
he, she, it, they) but the view is limited
to the thoughts, feelings, and
observations of only one or more
characters.
• 3rd Person Objective
– the events are narrated as they
unfold but the view is limited to
what can be externally observed
such characters behaviors and
dialogues.
• 3rd Person Omniscient
– uses the all knowing narrator
who enters the consciousness of
any character at will to describe
what is going on both internally
and externally.
d. Multiple Perspective
– it uses many
perspectives of many
characters to piece
together one story.
e. Shifting Perspective
it is being narrated by
different characters using
alternating fashion.
Debate
Debate
•a structured and
organized way of publicly
presenting arguments
about an issue.
 Basic
Requirements
of a Debate
•1. Two opposing individuals or
two opposing teams.
•2. An issue, which is normally
expressed as a proposition or a
declarative statement expressing
a certain claim about a current
issue.
3. Two sides of the argument –
the affirmative and the negative.
4. Speeches from both sides to
express their points.
5. Rebuttal speeches to present
counterarguments.
6. Strict time limit depending on
the requirements of the
competition.
7. A judge who decides which
team wins depending on the
strength of arguments.
• Majority wins • Moderator takes
• Formal in structure questions from the
• Audience will have a audience and the
pre-vote on the inter-panel
debate • 2 minute closing
• 7 minute opening statement
statement • Final vote from the
audience
• Quality of the arguments,
• Strength of the rhetoric
• Charisma of the speaker
• Humor,
• The ability to think on one's feet, and
teamwork.
• Prime Minister opens the debate
• Shadow Prime Minister follows
• 6 minute speech
• After the first minute and before the
last minute, debaters from the
opposite side may ask or clarify
points.
• The debater may or may not answer
but he is obliged to answer at least
two.