Category: Gulliver’s Travels

Literary Commentary on Gulliver’s Travels This extract of Gullivers travel novel by Swift appears at the end of the novel part IV chapter 5. The protagonist has already traveled in three different cultures. Here, he is with the Houyhnhnms society. He explains to his master the wars that occur in Europe and their motives of…

Satire in Gulliver’s Travels: Critical Analysis Gulliver’s Travels, or Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships is a 1726 prose satire by the Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, satirizing both human nature and the ‘travelers’ tales’ literary…

Setting in English Literature: Analysis of Gulliver’s Travels Many authors in English literature use the novels setting as an important characteristic to the story. Setting means the time and place in which a story takes place. Two famous literary works mentioned in this course stand out when comparing their use of the setting. Pride and…

Reading through Lines Of Gullivers Travels: Utopian Approach of Jonathan Swift In Criticizing Colonialism For the second part of my Independent studies across the study weeks 11-17, I covered the option for Chapter six regarding Topics covered in Gullivers Travels. Further to this, I looked at two of the sub-headings Swift, Gullivers Travels and travel…

Natural Ignorance and Self-Perception Described in Different Societies in Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift In the story, Gulliver’s Travels, it shows insight into the understanding that humans are not meant to know everything in life. It shows that all we understand we have as humans has a natural limit and this theme is a very…

Power Of Words: Issues of British Society Expressed In Gullivers Travels By Jonathan Swift Rev J. Martin once said: ‘Words are free. It’s how you use them that may cost you’. Often our society communicates so freely that before thought is even put into the context of our words it has already been spoken. Language…

Impact of Houyhnhnms on Gulliver and His Views: Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift Gulliver’s Travels – Reading Response 1. What are your reactions to reading Book IV of Gullivers Travels? Did you find it interesting, surprising, amusing, challenging? Why? I find it interesting and amusing as Jonathan Swift very creatively swapped human nature with that…