# Part II: A Voyage to Brobdingnag explained — Gulliver’s Travels

> Chapter companion for Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift.

## What happens

Gulliver embarks on a voyage to Brobdingnag, where he is abandoned and discovered by a giant farmer. He is presented to the queen and becomes a court curiosity, eventually escaping the land of giants.

## Themes in this chapter

### Relativity of Perspective

Gulliver's tiny size in Brobdingnag reverses his previous experience in Lilliput, highlighting how scale changes perception.

### Satire of Politics and Government

The Brobdingnagian king's disdain for European politics satirizes the pettiness of human governance.

## Character check-ins

### Lemuel Gulliver

Protagonist and narrator, stranded in Brobdingnag.

### Glumdalclitch

The farmer's daughter who cares for Gulliver.

## Key lines

> I lay down on the grass, which was very short and soft, where I slept sounder than ever I remember to have done in my life.

Gulliver rests on the grass and falls into a deep sleep.

_Describes his initial exhaustion upon landing in Brobdingnag._

> The king, who was a prince of excellent understanding, would frequently order that I should be brought in my box, and set upon the table in his closet.

The wise king often had Gulliver brought to his private room for conversation.

_Highlights the king's curiosity and Gulliver's role as a novelty._

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