Questions and tasks

/. Speak about the life and works of Daniel Defoe.

2. What did the boy dream of?

3. What happened during the first voyage?

4. How did the young man get to the captain's house?

5. Where did the young man get all the things he needed?

6. Describe "the house" the man lived in.

7. Whom did the man see one day?

8. How did the prisoners get to the island?

9. What did the man want to do to get to England?

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

Jonathan Swift was the greatest satirical writer of his time. He was born in Ireland, in Dublin. His father died before Jonathan was born. In his youth Swift lived in the house of a rich man, a diplomat named William Temple. Jonathan became his secretary. In 1699 William Temple died. Jonathan Swift be­came a priest. Soon he began writing satires and pamphlets, He joined the Party of Tory.

In 1714, after the death of Queen Ann, Swift returned to Dub­lin. He saw the hard life of the people of Ireland and felt very sorry for them. In his articles Swift criticized the English gov­ernment for treating the Irish people so cruelly. Swift lived in Dublin till his death.

Everybody knows his famous book "Gulliver's Travels". He wrote the book about the four travels to quite unusual coun­tries. When the book first appeared, it was read with great pleas­ure by many people. For children the book was the one of won­derful adventures. Grown-up readers found in it a bitter satire on the Church, the English government and the Court.