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Gulliver's Travels- By Jonathan Swift

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 Yet another classic entry, one of those books we all hear about, maybe even watch a movie adaptation or two, but never really pick up to read ourselves.     "Wait, is that that one where the guy washed up on a desert island and he's like, stranded for like, 20 years?"     "No, I think that's Robinson Crusoe. Gulliver's Travels is the one where he goes to that island of like, little people, and they tie him down.     "Ooooh yeah. I've heard of that."     Yeah, it's that one. Now, it was interesting to discover how that famous bit of the story, when Gulliver is on the island of Lilliput, with the small people, is actually only the opening bit to the whole thing. The first island he lands on is filled with the small people. After that adventure concludes, he moves onto another island with large people, like big enough to hold Gulliver in the palm of their hands. So the second island is the reverse of the first.     It's amazing how until I