Gulliver Travels Part - 3 Voyage To Laputa Chapter - 2

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4. Gulliver alighted from his seat which he
had occupied while being pulled up. A
crowd of people surrounded him. They
looked at him in deep wonder. They
looked very strange in their shape & face.
Their hands were all reclined either to
the right or the left. One of their eyes
turned inward while the other turned
directly up to the sky.

5. Those strange creatures were followed by
their servants known as “flappers”. The
function of these servants was to draw the
attention of their masters to anything that
might need their attention. Their masters
were always lost in intense speculations &
thoughts. Their ‘servants & flappers’ had
to strike their master with bladders on the
mouth or ears to draw their attention.

6. When Gulliver was taken to the king,
he found the monarch busy in solving a
problem. Gulliver had to wait for at
least an hour before the king could pay
any attention to him. The king asked
Gulliver many questions. Gulliver tried
to communicate with the king, but he
found that neither of them could
understand the other because their
languages were different.

7. At dinner – time different dishes were
brought for Gulliver. He noted another
strange thing. The mutton had been cut
into the shape of an equilateral triangle.
The beef had been cot into the shape of a
rhombus. The pudding had been shaped
into a circle. The other articles were given
the shapes of musical instruments like a
harp, fiddle & a flute. The bread had been
cut into geometrical figures such as cones,
cylinders, & parallelograms.

8. During the next few days,
Gulliver was able to learn a
little of the language of
these strange people. He
also learnt that the name of
this island was ‘Laputa’
which in English meant the
“flying island”.

10. The king’s officials ordered a tailor to
prepare clothes for Gulliver. The
tailor behaved in a strange manner.
The tailor used all different kinds of
instruments to take Gulliver's
measurements. After 6 days, the
tailor brought the clothes but they
were all very badly stitched & were
quite out of shape.

11. Music & Mathematics were the two
principal interests of these people. They
were hardly concerned with anything
else. They expressed their ideas through
lines & figures.
The people of Laputa were constantly in
a state of ‘disquietude’ they never
enjoyed peace of mind even for a
moment. Their main fears came from
heavenly bodies.

12. They also feared that the earth would be
swallowed by the sun or the face of the
sun would grow dark. Such fears made
them restless. They couldn’t sleep & had
no peace of mind. However, the women of
these island were different from their
men. Their minds were not obsessed by
fears. They turned to strangers for
entertainment. Such strangers could be
found in large numbers at the royal court.
The women made love to the strangers.