Question

Read the selection below from Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift and answer the question that follows. The passages below are from a conversation between Gulliver and the king of Brobdingnag.

Gulliver speaks of England: “I then spoke at large upon the constitution of an English Parliament; partly made up of an illustrious body called the House of Peers; persons of the noblest blood, and of the most ancient and ample patrimonies. . . .”


King of Brobdingnag speaks of Brobdingnag: “He asked, ‘What methods were used to cultivate the minds and bodies of our young nobility, and in what kind of business they commonly spent the first and teachable part of their lives? What course was taken to supply that assembly when any noble family became extinct?’”




From this conversation, what difference can be seen between the English and the Brobdingnagians?

A. The English dislike government, while the Brobdingnagians

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The difference that can be seen between the English and the Brobdingnagians is that the English reward nobility, while the Brobdingnagians reward knowledge.

This fact is made evident because when Gulliver speaks of England, he focuses on the English Parliament being composed of "persons of the noblest blood, and of the most ancient and ample patrimonies"; while when the King speaks of Broddingnag, he wonders about the "methods [...] used to cultivate the minds and bodies of [their] young nobility" while wondering at the same time "What course was taken to supply that assembly when any noble family became extinct?"