Gulliver's Travels, written by Jonathan Swift, describes a man, Captain Gulliver, also known as Quinbus Flestrin, The Man-Mountain, or Grildrig, and his travels. Some of the main characters in this book are the inhabitants of Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and the Houyhnhnms. This book is written in the first person. It seems that the author's main problem is getting to the destination in which he wants to get to. It always seems that he does not get far enough and lands in some strange country.
The story begins with the author giving us an account of himself. He was the third of five sons. His father sent him to Emanuel College in Cambridge at fourteen years old. He goes on to explain much more. He boards the Antelope with Captain William Prichard on a voyage to the South-Sea. They set sail from Bristol on May 4th, 1699. The ship gets shipwrecked and he swims for his life. He gets to shore safely in the country of Lilliput. He is made a prisoner and is carried up to the country. The inhabitants of Lilliput are extra small. They have little tiny bow and arrows, which they shoot into the author's hands when he makes them mad. While in Lilliput, the author meets the Emperor of Lilliput. The emperor appoints men to teach the author the Lilliputian language. The inhabitants also take his sword and pistols and empty his pockets. The "metropolis" of Lilliput is Mildendo. The author is taken there. The author agrees to help the Lilliputians in the war with Blefuscu. After taking the enemy's ships, the author is rewarded with a high title of honor, Nardac. Then he is accused of high treason for putting out the fire on the palace by urination. He escapes to Blefuscu. After being there for only a day, he leaves and returns to England. The next place the author goes to is Brobdingnag. His crew leaves him on shore. There, a native seizes him and he is carried to a farmer's house.