The presentation is about one part of Gulliver's Travels named Laputa. There are similarity, absurdity and a many other topics.

2. INTRODUCTION
Gulliver's Travels is the story of Lemuel
Gulliver and his voyages around the
world.
Gulliver's Travels is divided into four Parts
or Books, each about a different place.
They are:
 A Voyage to Lilliput.
 A Voyage to Brobdingnag.
 A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi,
Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib and
Japan.
 A Voyage to the Land of the
Houyhnhnms.

3. AUTHOR BIO
• Jonathan Swift was born in 30
November 1667 in Ireland.
• He was a satirist, author,
essayist, poet and priest also.
• Notable works: A Tale of a Tub
Drapier's Letters
Gulliver's Travels
A Modest Proposal
He was died in 19 October 1745.
JONATHAN SWIFT (1667-1745)

4. GULLIVER’S TRAVELS

5. LAPUTA
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THE FLYING ISLAND
Laputa is a fictional flying island above
of Balnibarbi.
It’s area was 4,000 hectares.
Laputans can maneuver the island in
any direction using magnetic levitation.
Laputa’s inhabitants were also fond of
Mathematics, Technology, Music and
Astronomy.

6. PLOT
From getting rid of the Pirates, Gulliver saw a big cloud floating over
Balnibarbi. But it was the floating island “LAPUTA”. The inhabitants
welcomed him to the island.
Gulliver encounters a pirate ship with a Japanese captain and a Dutchman.
The Japanese sailor assures him that he and his crew will not hurt him.
But he unintentionally insults the Dutchman. Then he was thrown away to
the ocean.

7.  The people of Laputa are obsessed with science,
mathematics, and technology, and they have little
interest in anything else.
 They are so focused on their work that they often neglect
basic human needs, like food and clothing.
 They are also somewhat detached from reality, and they
tend to view the world in purely abstract terms.
 This leads to some comical situations, like when they try
to extract sunbeams from cucumbers or turn human
excrement into food.

8.  The people of Laputa use their technology to control the
weather, but they do not use this power for the benefit of
the people on the ground.
 They use their technology to play practical jokes on
unsuspecting citizens.
 Laputa's Lack of Connection to the Real World.
 Laputa's Political Unrest.
 Excessive Specialization.

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Laputa is full of inventions which are designed to serve no
practical purpose. Like:
 The Flapper.
 The Nose-Puller.
 Extract sunbeams from cucumbers and turn them into energy.
The one and only useful invention by Laputan people is
the island itself.

10. The comparison between Laputan Society and Today’s Society
SIMILARITY

11. CONCLUSION
Laputa is a fascinating and complex society that is filled
with satire.
Through its technological advancements, intellectual
elitism, absurdity, lack of connection to the real world,
and political unrest, Swift highlights the dangers of
pursuing knowledge for its own sake.
He also showed us the importance of staying connected to
the real world.

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