"Gulliver´s Travels": Similarities and differences between the book and the movie.

In terms of setting, Gulliver’s Travels book is set in the early 18^th century, England, and the adventures that Gulliver, a surgeon and married man, experiences during his voyages are closely related to the historical events regarding the political changes and conflicts carried out into the English Crown and the English Parliament, and also the religious wars with France. To illustrate, when Gulliver is taken prisoner in the Lilliputians’ land, he is confined in a building that was emptied because a notorious murder was committed there; that building probably represents Westminster Hall where Charles I was sentenced to death. Another example is the war between Lilliputians and Blefuscians. That happening portrays the religious war performed by French and English; Blefuscu stands for France, who belonged to the Catholic Church, and Lilliput stands for England, who defended their protestant ideas.

On the other hand, the events developed in the movie are set in the 21^st century, and are not based on political and controversial facts of this current society. On the contrary, the film just shows the travel that a man called Gulliver, who is a single man working as a mailroom clerk for a newspaper, does as a result of a lie. He is assigned to write a travel piece about the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. However, when he is on his launch, a storm catches and throws him into a portal that takes him to the land of Lilliput.  Besides, most of the events are connected to the entertainment world are not to the real events that the original novel tells such as the performance of movies and concerts of famous rock bands, the building of malls, theatres, etc.

Another difference is concerning to the language, in the novel Gulliver speaks English, and the Lilliputians speak their own language, as a consequence, Gulliver has difficulties to communicate with the tiny people. In contrast, in the movie both Gulliver and the Lilliputians speak English.

Regarding the similarities, the book and the film show faithfully that the people from Lilliput are ruled by a monarchy, and the war between the kingdoms: the kingdom of Lilliput and the kingdom of Blefuscu. Another resemble event is when Gulliver sets outs the flames of the royal palace by urinating on it. Finally, the size of both Lilliputians and Gulliver are not altered; Gulliver is constantly seen as a giant by the tiny inhabitants.