In Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels," after Gulliver leaves Lilliput, where people are small and he is a giant, he arrives in Brobdingnag, where he is small and people are gigantic. Thus, <u>the name he gives the Farmer's daughter, Glumdalclitch, meaning "little nurse," is ironical, since the girl's size is huge</u> and she enjoys playing with Gulliver like a doll. However, Gulliver has affection for her and is pleased to entertain her.
In Chapter Four, Mark Twain tells us he always wanted to be a steamboat pilot; it was his childhood ... A word never had tasted so good in my mouth before.
