Gulliver is asked again to go out to sea for two months. During the trip they are attacked by Japanese pyrates and among the group he gets a glimpse of a Dutch voice. They set them free and Gulliver finds an island called Laputa which has an upper land and lower connected together by a chain and the sun was obscure. Gulliver is immediately surrounded by people and notices that they are all quite odd. Their heads are all tilted to one side or the other, with one eye turned inward and the other looking up. Their clothes are adorned with images of celestial bodies and musical instruments. And they wander off in thoughts a lot. He meets the King and eventually learns a few sentences in their language. Their language is along the lines of mathematical and musical and Gulliver finds it srange. The land is 10,000 acres long and in the center there is a astronmer cave. They try to get measurements to make the magnetic pull to go so low that it will kill the king and more. The king is not allowed to leave his family nor the island. Gulliver feels neglected by the Laputans with their vast knowledge on mathematics and music but he finds a Laputan who is looked down upon and is said to have no ear for music. Gulliver and Munodi, the looked down upon fellow, both travel to a town were they find a population of poorly dressed people. They then travel to Munodi's country house and Munodi explains the history of Laputans. Gulliver visits a academy and meets a man who is interested in sunbeams. The professor has a room full of boys working on a machine on the other side of the academy. The project was a machine that produced random words and phrases.
Gulliver then visits the professor who is studying issues of the government. One claims that women should be taxed according to their beauty and skill at dressing, and another claims that conspiracies against the government could be discovered by studying the excrement of subjects. Gulliver grows tired of the academy and begins to yearn for a return to England. Gulliver tries to travel to Luggnagg, but he finds no ship available. Since he has to wait a month, he is advised to take a trip to Glubbdubdrib, the island of magicians. Gulliver visits the governor of Glubbdubdrib, and he finds that servants who appear and disappear like spirits attend the governor. The governor tells Gulliver that he has the power to call up any shade he would like. Gulliver chooses Alexander the Great, who assures him that he died not from poison but from excessive drinking. He then sees the Carthaginian general Hannibal and the Roman leaders Caesar, Pompey, and Brutus. Gulliver then returns to Luggnagg, where he is confined despite his desire to return to England. He is ordered to appear at the king’s court and is given lodging and an allowance. He learns that subjects are expected to lick the floor as they approach the king, and that the king sometimes gets rid of opponents in the court by coating the floor with poison. Gulliver finally is able to depart from Luggnag and arrives safely at Japan. He finds a passage on a Dutch ship and pretends to be a Holland fellow and arrives safely at Amsterdam and finds his family in good health again.
Gulliver then visits the professor who is studying issues of the government. One claims that women should be taxed according to their beauty and skill at dressing, and another claims that conspiracies against the government could be discovered by studying the excrement of subjects. Gulliver grows tired of the academy and begins to yearn for a return to England. Gulliver tries to travel to Luggnagg, but he finds no ship available. Since he has to wait a month, he is advised to take a trip to Glubbdubdrib, the island of magicians. Gulliver visits the governor of Glubbdubdrib, and he finds that servants who appear and disappear like spirits attend the governor. The governor tells Gulliver that he has the power to call up any shade he would like. Gulliver chooses Alexander the Great, who assures him that he died not from poison but from excessive drinking. He then sees the Carthaginian general Hannibal and the Roman leaders Caesar, Pompey, and Brutus. Gulliver then returns to Luggnagg, where he is confined despite his desire to return to England. He is ordered to appear at the king’s court and is given lodging and an allowance. He learns that subjects are expected to lick the floor as they approach the king, and that the king sometimes gets rid of opponents in the court by coating the floor with poison. Gulliver finally is able to depart from Luggnag and arrives safely at Japan. He finds a passage on a Dutch ship and pretends to be a Holland fellow and arrives safely at Amsterdam and finds his family in good health again.
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