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But the greatest danger I ever underwent in that kingdom was from a monkey, who belonged to one of the clerks in the kitchen. . . . [R]eaching one of his paws in at the door, as a cat does when she plays with a mouse . . . [he] seized the lappet of my coat . . . and dragged me out. He took me up in his right fore-foot, and held me as a nurse does a child she is going to suckle, just as I have seen the same sort of creature do with a kitten in Europe; and when I offered to struggle, he squeezed me so hard, that I thought it more prudent to submit.



In the passage above, what important information about his relationship to the Brobdingnagians does Gulliver emphasize?

A.Gulliver and the Brobdingnagians have similar day-to-day problems.
B.Gulliver admires the Brobdingnagians, and he wants to live in their country permanently.
C.Gulliver has more in common with monkeys and kittens than with the Brobdingnagian people.
D.Gulliver is much smaller than everyone and everything on Brobdingnag.

Respuesta :

D.- Gulliver is much smaller than everyone and everything on Brobdingnag.

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Answer:

D. Gulliver is much smaller than everyone and everything on Brobdingnag.

Explanation:

Jonathan Swift's satirical story of "Gulliver's Travels" is a prose satirical work on human nature and especially that of the British society of that time. He lets his protagonist Gulliver travel through various sorts of lands, assigning their characteristics in parallel with the English people.

Gulliver's journey to the land of the Brobdignagians was one such satire. But in contrast to that of the Lilliputians, the Brobdignangians were, this time, larger than him and he was the dwarf. This is evident in the excerpt from Chapter V given in the question. Even the monkey was bigger than him, holding Gulliver "as a nurse does a child she is going to suckle". This shows that Gulliver is much smaller than everyone and everything on Brobdingnag.