Read the excerpt from bruno’s summary of gulliver's travels. when gulliver tours the academy, he sees a man attempting to get sunbeams out of cucumbers and a man trying to turn ice into gunpowder. this summary is an example of

The summary is an example of a "paraphrase".

A paraphrase is a phrase used to express the meaning of something written with the use of different words. This is done in order for the writer to achieve more clarity while trying to express his message.

The phrases "get sunbeams out of cucumbers" and "trying to turn ice into gunpowder" are paraphrases used in order to give the message to the reader that the characters are trying to get the most out of the mentioned resources which are at their disposal.

third person

explanation:

note the usage of names and pronouns, "james" & "the old man". this alone can confirm it as third person, as first person uses "i" and the like, while second person uses "you" and the like.

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normally working animals are domesticated and ruled by a master, a domesticator (tamer), to perform basic and important functions on a farm, for example. the value used in this context is animal labor in exchange for food. it is not so much a contrast to the story told by napoleon and the pigs, since the animals of that particular farm also performed functions on the farm through domestication. the only thing is that in this case, who rules them is a pig, also an animal, but very respected, to whom the other animals lent him submission. that's about a strong relationship of dependency between animal and owner.