ACTIVITIES
Part 3. Gulliver in the Country of the Houyhnhmns
* * * BEFORE YOU READ chapters 1 - 3
Part 3. Gulliver in the Country of the Houyhnhmns
* * * BEFORE YOU READ chapters 1 - 3
1. This story is about horses. Do horses have happy lives in your country? What do they do?
2. Find the verb 'OWN' in your dictionary. What do you own? Think of three things. So who is the owner of these things?
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AFTER YOU READ
3. Gulliver is very sad when he leaves the country of the Houyhnhnms. Why? Discuss this.
4. Gulliver is in England again after his visit to the Houyhnhnms. Have this conversation.
Student A: You are Gulliver's wife. Ask about his journey.
Student В: You are Gulliver. Answer your wife's questions.
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WRITING
5. You work for a newspaper. Write about the war between the Island of Lilliput and the Island of Blefuscu.
6. You are Glumdalclitch. Write about your time with Gulliver.
7. Life is often very dangerous for Gulliver on his travels. Write about five dangerous things or times.
8. Write about one country in the book. How is it the same as your country? How is it different?