Chapter 1, Part 1 Summary

Lemuel Gulliver, the main character of the story, begins be recounting the story of his life, first, with his family history. Gulliver's father owned a small estate in Nottinghamshire and Guillver is the third of five sons. When he was young, he was sent off to become a surgeon's apprentice because of his families financial problems. When he becomes a surgeon, he boards a ship called Swallow for 3 years and then settles in London and gets married. He then joins another ship called the Antelope, but in the East Indies, the ship is caught out in a violent storm which led to 12 crewmen dying, and 6 crew members left on a small rowboat which soon capsizes. When Gulliver wakes, he finds himself tied and looking up into the bright sun, to see a 6-inch tall human carrying a bow and arrow. The little people start attacking him once he broke lose and waits for a chance to escape. Gulliver is then carried to the capital city, not being able to escape from the little people.