Gullivers Travels

My Mother was suggesting different books that I should read since I had just finished "Vertical Run" by Joseph R. Garber. My Mother suggested all of these older biographies that I was not too keen on any of the books she suggested me. Gullivers Travels caught my eye as another one of the countless dusty books on her shelves. I had seen Gullivers Travels the movie starting Jack Black that came out in 2010. The deeper I read into this novel the more I realize that the book and movie have very little in common. The main character is Lemuel Gulliver, who is a surgeon by trade and lives in England. Gulliver's business slowly starts to fail so he starts sailing. One day he is shipwrecked and swims for shore. When he awoke he found himself by thousands of Lilliputians and tied up. All of the Lilliputians were tiny compared to Gulliver and their arrows felt no more than pinpricks against his skin. Gulliver is basically in full surrender to these people when he is tied up but as soon as he is free he could real havoc on everyone their and they could not stop him. What would you do if you were a giant compared to everyone else? Would you be cruel or kind? Would you be helpful? In Gulliver's travels staring Jack Black, Gulliver (Black) decides to have lots of fun with the Lilliputians. One of my favorite scenes in that movie is when he makes a foosball table and ties some of the Lilliputians to rods and has a foosball game with them. That scene had me cracking up. Those questions are challenging to answer because we have no idea what it is like to have that much power. Being in charge of someone cannot be compared to being able to have such a physical and awe inspiring to everyone who looks at you. No one knows what he/she would do in this situation and I doubt we will ever find out. I am enjoying this novel so far. Gulliver is about to go to war to help the Lilliputians defeat their enemies and I can't wait to see how he easily deals with their enemies.