gulliver's travels
Jonathan Swift has been said to be the "Keenest mind and sharpest wit in an age marked by intellectual brilliance".(1) Jonathan Swift was also called "a mass of sense"(1). His works however took very irrational approaches to the many topics he wrote about in his many literary works. He shows this irrational writing in his works: The Battle of the Books, A Modest Proposal, and Gulliver's Travels (originally entitled: Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts, by Lempel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and Then a Captain of Several Ships). He had an enthusiasm in his idea of "pure reason" and was distrustful of all fanaticism. He also had very clear and direct style of the English language, but the extremeness of his irony were misunderstood in his own and later ages.Jonathan Swift, born in Dublin on November 30, 1667, the son of an Englishman who had settled in Ireland, was educated at Trinity College with the aid of a wealthy uncle. In 1688 he left Ireland and became secretary to Sir William Temple at Moor Park, Surrey. Temple was not an agreeable master, and Swift wanted to be independent in the
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Approximate Word count = 1295
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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