nto the land of Dipsodes, a group of people called the Almyrods start a war with him. As the war starts, the narrator jumps into the story to hide in Pantagruels mouth. The narrator while walking in the mouth of the giant meets an old man planting cabbage. This is a very important point of the story of the lower class. The old man is asked why is he doing such a stupid thing. The old man answers that we can’t all be rich, I have to do this to make a living. This is a good point how Rabelais made the giant (the upper class) and the old man in his great big mouth. This to me symbolizes how big and important the upper class was compared to a small farmer. Eventually the narrator crawls out of the giant’s mouth and they confront each other. The giant asks where did you *censored* while inside of my mouth. And with his final dig of the story he answers, “In your throat, sir”. After reading the story I feel the meaning is only to express the authors dislike for French society. The story attempts to dissect and embarrass the upper class of the society. Rabelais seems to cover all the bases by including his thoughts on the church, education, and French fashion. He goes about insulting these categories with such care and passion it gets his point across with dark humor. I feel that the author definitely accomplished everything he wanted with Gargantua and Pantagruel. ...
