Jonathan Swift and Gulliver's
Jonathan swift was born in 1667 and shortly after Swift and his mother moved to a house in England. At an early age he began writing, one of the things he was best at. In 1699 Swift wrote his epic story Gulliver's Travels. This is the story that notified that swift was to be one of the most well known writers in the world. The stories that Gulliver's Travels portrayed where from his own experiences. Swifts experiences with the Whigs caused him to write books that mock religious beliefs, government, or people with views differing from his own. In one of these books, Gulliver's Travels, Swift criticizes the corruption of the English government, society, science religion, as well as the normal man. In Gulliver's first travel, in which he visited Lilliput, Gulliver is faced with the minute people, called Lilliputians. Now while this is the basis for a fantasy story, Swift uses the events within to make harsh criticisms of England between reigns of Queen Anne and George the first. The people of Lilliput are about six inches tall, and there size signifies that their motives, acts, and humanity are in the same as the English government. (Long 276). In this Section, the royal palace is accidentally set on fire, containing the empress
Gulliver's third voyage, to the floating island of Laputa is one of the most humorous parts of the whole book. In this voyage Swift criticizes the Royal Society of England, in which he says is composed of useless philosophers, inventors, and scientists(Long 276). Finally, Gulliver travels to the land of the Houyhnhnms. After he reaches land, Gulliver comes across a pack of Yahoos and is instantly appalled by them. There he quotes, "Upon the whole, I never beheld in all my travels so disagreeable and animal, or one against which I naturally conceived so strong an antipathy" (Swift, Text 215). This statement is ironic, because Gulliver never saw the resemblances between the Yahoos, and himself. Afterwards, he encounters the rational Houyhnhnms and he immediately realizes the common Characteristics he has in common with the Yahoos. He states, "my horror and astonishment are not to be described, when I observed, in this abdominal animal, a perfect human figure" (Swift, Text 220). His is showing the people that for the first time in his life he realizes he is not perfect. Most of the flaws he mocked were inside of him as well. With Gulliver's next travel, we find him in Brobdingnag. His voyage shows us the filthy mental and physical characteristics of man. Here, Gulliver is confronted with an adult nurse. The nurse shows her breasts to Gulliver. The smell of the large number of creatures is offending, and it caused Gulliver to recall the fact that the Lilliputians were also offended of
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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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