Gulliver
Jonathan Swift has used many of the literary elements in Gulliver's Travels to show us the problem he had with the nature of human beings. Jonathan Swift has shown the relationship between Protestants and Catholics during his time, by showing what Lemuel Gulliver had observed in the strange, exotic worlds that he traveled to. Many of the characters throughout the story that Gulliver meets, show how Jonathan Swift felt about the unreasonable nature of mankind. Gulliver goes through many different types of society that he has no major struggles to fit in with. But by sharing his views of his idea of utopia, Gulliver is some what banished from the societies. This is when Gulliver realizes the flaw of his species and in every society. Lemuel Gulliver never seemed to maintain the high position in the societies he had ended up in. Even as a highly educated doctor back in his home, England, Gulliver had to travel as a surgeon to make more money for his family. Gulliver throughout the story experiences nothing but failure as he tries to fit into society. The first world that Gulliv
er travels to, Lilliput, is filled with suspicion, meaningless fighting, and betrayal. Gulliver, being a giant compared to the Lilliputians, is used as a weapon against Blefuscu and wins the battle. Although he is given the highest honor by the Emperor of Lilliput himself, Gulliver is later betrayed by the Emperor and his generals, because they feared Gulliver would eventually use his size against the Emperor's army and take over the land of Lilliput. As well as physical differences Gulliver also struggles with the customs of other societies. Although Gulliver's charm and ability to catch on to foreign languages quickly allow him to communicate well, his views of government and culture keep him from maintaining a warm welcome in the different worlds. Through Gulliver's travels of these exotic worlds, he has seen that reaching utopia is impossible for a utopia can't please everyone. The exotic world of the Houyhnhnms is the closest to a utopia in the eyes of Gulliver. Unlike humans, Houyhynhynms are the most rational of creatures. Very much like philosophers, the Houyhynhynm society represented Plato's Republ
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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