Part I: A Voyage to Lilliput
Gulliver shipwrecks on Lilliput, where he is larger than the inhabitants - the Lilliputians. They are at war with Blefuscu, another country, because the Blefuscudians are harboring Big-Endian refugees - Big-Endians are Lilliputians who crack their eggs at the big end of the egg, which is illegal in Lilliput. Gulliver helps the Lilliputians defeat the Blefuscudian fleet, although he shows mercy. However, Gulliver is later accused of treason because of the machinations of Skyresh Bogolam and Flinmap and his travesty of dousing a burning building with his urine. Reldresal warns Gulliver of the impending charges, suggesting that he flee. Gulliver does so, fleeing to Blefuscu.
Part II: A Voyage to Brobdingnag
After staying in England with his wife and family for two months, Gulliver goes on another voyage, ending up in a land of giants called Brobdingnag. A farmer finds him and treats him like an amusing animal or pet. Gulliver is put into the care of Glumdalclitch, the farmer's nine-year old daughter. The farmer eventually sells Gulliver to the queen, who is entertained and fascinated by him. Gulliver is essentially used as courtly entertainment - he is a curious creature that the Brobdingnagians have never seen before. Gulliver is also disgusted by the close-up physical appearance of the Brobdingnagians - ordinary flaws are magnified by their huge size in proportion to Gulliver. Because of the immense size of everything in comparison to Gulliver, there are many hazardous things that would not normally. Eventually, Gulliver leaves Brobdingnag by accident. During a trip to the frontier while accompanying the royal couple, Gulliver's cage is snatched by an eagle and dropped into the ocean.
Part III. A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan
Next, Gulliver sets sail again and, after an attack by pirates, ends up in Laputa, where a floating island inhabited by theoreticians and academics oppresses the land below, called Balnibarbi. The scientific research undertaken in Laputa and in Balnibarbi seems totally inane and impractical, and its residents too appear wholly out of touch with reality. Gulliver stops by Glubbdubdrib on the process of heading back to England. The Glubbdubdribians are sorcerers and magicians, so while there, Gulliver is able to see a Glubbdubdribian necromancer conjure up of figures from history, whom he finds to be less impressive than described in books. He then visits Luggnagg in the process of returning home and goes to see the Struldbrugs, senile immortals who are nothing like his impressions of immortality. Afterwards, he sails to Japan and from there, heads back to England.
Part IV: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms
Gulliver sets out as a captain of a ship, but his crew mutinies and he is left in the Country of the Houyhnhnms. He encounters a group of Yahoos, who are savage and revolting. They try to attack him, but Gulliver fends them off; the Yahoos run away when two Houyhnhnms approach. The Houyhnhnms are rational-thinking horses and the Yahoos are brutish human-like creatures subservient to the Houyhnhnms. Gulliver learns the Houyhnhnms' language, and then narrates his voyages to them and explains the constitution of England. He is treated with great courtesy and kindness by the horses and feels enlightened by his many conversations with them and by his exposure to their noble culture. He wants to stay with the Houyhnhnms, but his bared body reveals to the horses that he is very much like a Yahoo, and he is banished. Gulliver is grief-stricken but agrees to leave. He makes a canoe and goes to a nearby island, where he is picked up by a Portuguese ship captain who treats him well, although Gulliver can't help seeing the captain—and all humans—as Yahoolike. Gulliver then concludes his narrative with a claim that the lands he has visited belong by rights to England, as her colonies, even though he questions the whole idea of colonialism.
Gulliver shipwrecks on Lilliput, where he is larger than the inhabitants - the Lilliputians. They are at war with Blefuscu, another country, because the Blefuscudians are harboring Big-Endian refugees - Big-Endians are Lilliputians who crack their eggs at the big end of the egg, which is illegal in Lilliput. Gulliver helps the Lilliputians defeat the Blefuscudian fleet, although he shows mercy. However, Gulliver is later accused of treason because of the machinations of Skyresh Bogolam and Flinmap and his travesty of dousing a burning building with his urine. Reldresal warns Gulliver of the impending charges, suggesting that he flee. Gulliver does so, fleeing to Blefuscu.
Part II: A Voyage to Brobdingnag
After staying in England with his wife and family for two months, Gulliver goes on another voyage, ending up in a land of giants called Brobdingnag. A farmer finds him and treats him like an amusing animal or pet. Gulliver is put into the care of Glumdalclitch, the farmer's nine-year old daughter. The farmer eventually sells Gulliver to the queen, who is entertained and fascinated by him. Gulliver is essentially used as courtly entertainment - he is a curious creature that the Brobdingnagians have never seen before. Gulliver is also disgusted by the close-up physical appearance of the Brobdingnagians - ordinary flaws are magnified by their huge size in proportion to Gulliver. Because of the immense size of everything in comparison to Gulliver, there are many hazardous things that would not normally. Eventually, Gulliver leaves Brobdingnag by accident. During a trip to the frontier while accompanying the royal couple, Gulliver's cage is snatched by an eagle and dropped into the ocean.
Part III. A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan
Next, Gulliver sets sail again and, after an attack by pirates, ends up in Laputa, where a floating island inhabited by theoreticians and academics oppresses the land below, called Balnibarbi. The scientific research undertaken in Laputa and in Balnibarbi seems totally inane and impractical, and its residents too appear wholly out of touch with reality. Gulliver stops by Glubbdubdrib on the process of heading back to England. The Glubbdubdribians are sorcerers and magicians, so while there, Gulliver is able to see a Glubbdubdribian necromancer conjure up of figures from history, whom he finds to be less impressive than described in books. He then visits Luggnagg in the process of returning home and goes to see the Struldbrugs, senile immortals who are nothing like his impressions of immortality. Afterwards, he sails to Japan and from there, heads back to England.
Part IV: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms
Gulliver sets out as a captain of a ship, but his crew mutinies and he is left in the Country of the Houyhnhnms. He encounters a group of Yahoos, who are savage and revolting. They try to attack him, but Gulliver fends them off; the Yahoos run away when two Houyhnhnms approach. The Houyhnhnms are rational-thinking horses and the Yahoos are brutish human-like creatures subservient to the Houyhnhnms. Gulliver learns the Houyhnhnms' language, and then narrates his voyages to them and explains the constitution of England. He is treated with great courtesy and kindness by the horses and feels enlightened by his many conversations with them and by his exposure to their noble culture. He wants to stay with the Houyhnhnms, but his bared body reveals to the horses that he is very much like a Yahoo, and he is banished. Gulliver is grief-stricken but agrees to leave. He makes a canoe and goes to a nearby island, where he is picked up by a Portuguese ship captain who treats him well, although Gulliver can't help seeing the captain—and all humans—as Yahoolike. Gulliver then concludes his narrative with a claim that the lands he has visited belong by rights to England, as her colonies, even though he questions the whole idea of colonialism.