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Time for your two minutes of hate/paranoia!
- GOOGLE Wants Your Blood; Plan to Collect Via Smartwatches...
- In Beijing, 'Big Brother' Now Sees All
- FACEBOOK, TWITTER, GOOGLE COLLUDE WITH GOVT TO CENSOR DISCUSSION ON IMMIGRATION
- 191 Million Voter Registration Records Leaked In Mystery Database...
- GOOGLE tracking students as it sells more products to schools, privacy advocates warn...
- 'Do Not Track' proposal exempts GOOGLEFACEBOOKYAHOO...
- Justice Breyer warns of Orwellian government
- SPY BOSS CLAPPER: MAY USE SMART HOME DEVICES TO SNOOP...
- TV that watches you...
- Face-scanning tech to measure subconscious...
- Tech giant says feds could force to turn on cameras and mics...
- One Step Closer to Mind Control: Pentagon Could Make 'Brain Modem' Reality...
- This is how Facebook and other social platforms track you and mine troves of data
- John McAfee speaks on lack of security that comes from cameras and microphones on cell phones.
- Autonomous airship for high-altitude snooping...
- Expert Warns Facebook Could Be Eavesdropping Through Your Phone
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If you watch this movie and don't read the book...
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The film has Arabic subtitles, but the spoken language is still English.
If it bothers you, you can rent the mini-series from the library.
If it bothers you, you can rent the mini-series from the library.
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You have a choice, pick one of these topics and answer it in a fully developed essay (5 paragraphs - or more!) complete with citations, or answer 3 of these questions. If you are picking 3, each question should be answered in 1-2 paragraphs.
1) Compare and contrast the film (TV Mini-Series). As you do this, pay close attention to the "why's". Why are certain things the same? Are they THAT important to the story?
Why are some things different? The things that are different, did they change the story?
2) How does Gulliver's role develop and change throughout the novel? On each island, what is his function? What does he show us, how does he view the world and how does his worldview change? In other words, does Gulliver change as the story progresses? Does he learn from his adventures? And what does he learn?
3) What is the significance of size in the novel? I'll give you a hint: In his satire, Swift makes a correlation between size and morality. Explain how this works in Gulliver's Travels, paying particular attention to Gulliver in Lilliput and in Brobdingnag.
4) What kind of attitude or thinking is Swift satirizing in his section on the Lagado Academy? Does this satire only relate to his own time, or does it still have relevance in the modern age? (Think about the farms.)
5) Do you think that Swift meant the country of the Houyhnhnms to represent an ideal society? What view of humanity is presented by comparisons between humans and Yahoos?
6) Why is Gulliver so eager to assert his own country’s importance to the Brobdingnagians? How does this desire compare to the Lilliputians’ desire to assert their importance to Gulliver?
7) What is the allegorical (symbolic, metaphorical, figurative) significance of the floating island of Laputa? A hint: Think of Munodi, the Academy, the farms, etc.
8) Some would argue that Swift was a misanthrope (hates his fellow man) and that Gulliver's Travels proves his hatred of mankind. Agree or disagree with this assessment and support your opinion with examples from the text.
1) Compare and contrast the film (TV Mini-Series). As you do this, pay close attention to the "why's". Why are certain things the same? Are they THAT important to the story?
Why are some things different? The things that are different, did they change the story?
2) How does Gulliver's role develop and change throughout the novel? On each island, what is his function? What does he show us, how does he view the world and how does his worldview change? In other words, does Gulliver change as the story progresses? Does he learn from his adventures? And what does he learn?
3) What is the significance of size in the novel? I'll give you a hint: In his satire, Swift makes a correlation between size and morality. Explain how this works in Gulliver's Travels, paying particular attention to Gulliver in Lilliput and in Brobdingnag.
4) What kind of attitude or thinking is Swift satirizing in his section on the Lagado Academy? Does this satire only relate to his own time, or does it still have relevance in the modern age? (Think about the farms.)
5) Do you think that Swift meant the country of the Houyhnhnms to represent an ideal society? What view of humanity is presented by comparisons between humans and Yahoos?
6) Why is Gulliver so eager to assert his own country’s importance to the Brobdingnagians? How does this desire compare to the Lilliputians’ desire to assert their importance to Gulliver?
7) What is the allegorical (symbolic, metaphorical, figurative) significance of the floating island of Laputa? A hint: Think of Munodi, the Academy, the farms, etc.
8) Some would argue that Swift was a misanthrope (hates his fellow man) and that Gulliver's Travels proves his hatred of mankind. Agree or disagree with this assessment and support your opinion with examples from the text.
As you read through the story, here are some maps for you to compare against the readings.
Keep in mind the ancients would have knowledge of the Mediterranean, however, Greece just went through its own "Dark Ages" and in 700 B.C., when the story was compiled, the vast populace would have little education in geography.
Are you picking up on some themes from Gulliver's Travels yet?
Keep in mind the ancients would have knowledge of the Mediterranean, however, Greece just went through its own "Dark Ages" and in 700 B.C., when the story was compiled, the vast populace would have little education in geography.
Are you picking up on some themes from Gulliver's Travels yet?
The video on the right has more info than you need, but from the 9 minute mark to the 27 minute (~18 minutes total) touches on some of the things in the Iliad and Odyssey and would be worth watching.
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If you are looking for an online version try this.
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