Which excerpt from Gulliver’s Travels most effectively demonstrates the ridiculousness of Gulliver’s captivity, considering the
power and size advantage he has over the Lilliputians? Gulliver’s Travels
(A) I then gave up my silver and copper money, my purse, with nine large pieces of gold, and some smaller ones; my knife and razor, my comb and silver snuff-box, my handkerchief and journal-book.
(B) My gentleness and good behaviour had gained so far on the emperor and his court, and indeed upon the army and people in general, that I began to conceive hopes of getting my liberty in a short time.
(C) These gentlemen, having pen, ink, and paper, about them, made an exact inventory of everything they saw; and when they had done, desired I would set them down, that they might deliver it to the emperor.
(D) An establishment was also made of six hundred persons to be my domestics, who had board-wages allowed for their maintenance, and tents built for them very conveniently on each side of my door.
Answer: D) An establishment was also made of six hundred persons to be my domestics, who had board-wages allowed for their maintenance, and tents built for them very conveniently on each side of my door. :)
I say it is probably b because law is a list of rules to go by ladder don’t really know but pretty sure it doesn’t mean that I’m assuming it is b because we learned that a long time ago but don’t know if it the same meaning for you
