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?Gulliver?s Travels?, 2004.
A review of Jonathon Swift?s novel, "Gulliver?s Travels".
1,459 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 70.95
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This paper discusses how Jonathon Swift?s "Gulliver?s Travels" is a satiric novel aimed at revealing the trends of 17th-century philosophy, including ideas on human nature. It looks at how Gulliver, the main character, embarks on a journey to learn about humanity, and in doing, so descends into a journey of pure madness. It examines the different adventures he has from the land of the Lilliputians to his adventures with the Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos.
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"On Gulliver?s fourth and final journey, he starts for the sea as captain of a ship, but after the rebellion of his crew and an extended confinement in his cabin, he embarks on an unknown land. This land is inhabited by the Houyhnhnms, logical horses who rule the land, and by Yahoos, brutish humanlike creatures who are servants to the Houyhnhnms. Swift?s theme of human nature is very strong here, as the Houyhnhnms resemble horses in every way except that they possess absolute reason, while the Yahoos look just like humans except for their savage brutality."
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?Gulliver?s Travels?.
This paper discusses Jonathan Swift?s ?Gulliver?s Travels", a satirical novel, which contains many elements that directly pertain to modern society.
860 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 44.95
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This paper explains that Gulliver?s voyage to the land of the Houyhnhnms, the dominant race, contains elements of racial tension and ethnic identity. The author points out that, although they do exhibit positive qualities, such as altruism, intelligence, and rationality, the Houyhnhnms persecute the Yahoos and even suggest castrating them to kill of their race. The paper relates that the Houyhnhnms judge Gulliver based on his resemblance to the Yahoos, even though it is clear that Gulliver possesses a superior intelligence and emotional capacity.
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"From the onset of Gulliver?s encounter with the Houyhnhnms, an ?us versus them? mentality is created. As an outsider, Gulliver is automatically afforded an alien status. The Yahoos and the Houyhnhnms regard him with considerable suspicion. The brutish Yahoos immediately accost Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms? approach is more civilized but it soon becomes apparent that the race of intelligent horses simply wants to lump Gulliver with the Yahoos simply because they look vaguely alike. This illustrates one clear parallel between Swift?s era and our own: persons are prone to judging people based on their outward appearance."
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The Law in Johnathon Swift?s "Gulliver?s Travels", 2002.
A book review of Johnathon Swift's "Gulliver's Travels".
1,385 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 67.95
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This review examines Johnathon Swift's use of satire in "Gulliver's Travels" to point out what he perceived to be as flaws in the British legal and political systems. It explores Gulliver's encounters with fictional societies and shows the absurdities of their bureaucracies in the traditional satirical sense.
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"Jonathan Swift?s "Gulliver?s Travels" remains one of the great satires in all of English literature. In general, satire has traditionally been a kind of moral, yet humorous, commentary on a time and place. The satirist typically employs comic situations and comic characters to make serious and pointed commentaries about the failings of, say, human nature or corrupt political systems. One of Swift?s primary targets, especially in the first book of "Gulliver?s Travels," was 18th century British law and the legal and political systems in and through which those laws were enacted. Through his portrayal of Gulliver amongst the diminutive Lilliputians, Swift mercilessly satirized his own modern day system of laws for their limited and misguided vision of human nature?a satiric attack that in many ways still resonates today."
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?Gulliver?s Travels?, 2002.
Discusses this satiric novel by Jonathan Swift which illustrates eighteenth century philosophical ideas on human nature.
1,370 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 66.95
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Jonathan Swift?s "Gulliver?s Travels" (1726) is a satiric novel aimed at revealing the trends of seventeenth-century philosophy, including ideas on human nature. The paper explains how Swift separates man into two groups in this novel--the Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos. Swift?s theme of human nature is very strong here, as the Houyhnhnms resemble horses in every way except that they possess absolute reason, while the Yahoos look just like humans except for their savage brutality. The paper shows that the book was written during the Enlightenment, when the theories of Kant and Rousseau were widely accepted. Swift felt that the philosophies concentrated too much on the corruption of institutions and ignored the basic problems of human nature itself. The paper explains that Swift did not believe that humans were capable of true reason and aimed to expose the flaws in the philosophical ideals of the Enlightenment era.
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"The island is basically governed by the other species of the island, the Houyhnhnms, which are used to portray the reason-based society that was so popular during the Enlightenment age in England. The Houyhnhnms represented the ideal society introduced by philosophers, such as Kant and Rousseau. Unlike the Yahoos, the Houyhnhnms spoke with no lying, deception or doubt. According to Gulliver?s ?master,? a Houyhnhnn, the group used language to understand each other and to learn. If they used their language to deceive each other, then the purpose of language would be defeated.
This concept is most likely based on Kant?s ideas of an ideal society (1983). According to Kant, rather than considering what the benefits of the particular act will be, one who is acting according to good will would instead consider the implications of the underlying maxim being a universal law. If there is a contradiction that would not allow them to will that the maxim be a universal law, then the act is wrong."
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Humor in "Gulliver?s Travels", 2006.
This in-depth paper analyzes the various styles of humor depicted in Jonathan Swift's classic, "Gulliver's Travels."
4,795 words (approx. 19.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 178.95
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This paper details the plot and main characters in Swift's classic novel, while focusing on the author's unique style of depicting the human condition. The writer of this paper contends and explains how, in each of the four parts of the novel, Swift deals with human beings from a different perspective. This paper also explores the author's love of words, which is illustrated in the names used for the characters as well as the places mentioned in the novel. This paper analyzes the author's use of humor, throughout the story, which at times tends to be vulgar, in particular when referring to bodily functions. This paper discusses Swift's practice of ridiculing society, by forcing his readers to see things from a different perspective, as well as his use of irony in several cases, throughout his novel. This paper cites various passages from the novel to illustrate the writer's claims regarding Swift's style of writing. This paper also delves into the dominating male characters in all four parts of "Gulliver's Travels." Also noticeable are Swift's frequent references to money and class distinctions.
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"One of the funniest chapters in the book occurs in Part III, Chapter V, when Gulliver goes to visit an island inhabited by intellectuals, thinkers, philosophers, scientists, and inventors. These people have one inward eye and one eye straight upward. They are so engaged in thought they need a "flap," a person who walks with them and alerts them to danger and things that need attention. Again, Swift uses hyperbole (plus, incongruity) to achieve the desired hilarity. Gulliver notes that the island where the thinkers live is poorly developed, the people are in rags and ill-nourished, and none of the fields produce crops because everybody is too busy thinking to actually accomplish anything practical. One man, who lives some distance away and does things the old way, apologizes for the beauty, order, and prosperity on his farm. He isn't keeping up with the others who are more inventive and innovative than he."
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Bigness and Littleness in "Gulliver's Travels", 2004.
An analysis of Jonathan Swift's exploitation of bigness and littleness in "Gulliver's Travels" and Gulliver's role as narrator.
2,074 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 95.95
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This paper examines how, written as a satire of political, societal and religious issues, "Gulliver?s Travels" is Jonathan Swift?s commentary on specific issues of his day. It looks at how the narrator of the novel, Lemuel Gulliver, is a highly na?ve man and how the satire is possible only because of Gulliver?s immense naivety. In particular, it looks at how Swift uses the notions of ?bigness? and ?littleness? in his satire in various ways. It shows how the first group of natives are morally and physically little, while in contrast with the second group that Gulliver encounters he finds himself the ?little? one physically and how in addition he finds that his own morality and patriotism are little by comparison.
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"In Book II of the novel, Gulliver finds himself the small one in comparison to the humongous Brobdingnagians. Shortly after hiding in the cornfields, Gulliver is reminded of the philosophers who said that, ?Nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison.?3 In comparison to Gulliver, the Brobdingnagians were giants. Swift uses the court maids to exemplify just how animalistic the human body really is; up close Gulliver realizes that English women were likely equally as repulsive, but it was not quite so obvious because of their smaller size. Swift takes this opportunity to use the giant women to criticize humanity?s ever-present vanity; while the human body may appear attractive from a distance, Swift is saying that upon closer inspection, we really are closer to animals than anything else."
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"Gulliver's Travels", 2004.
A look at the concept of humanity in Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels".
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This paper explains how in the final fantastical voyage in Gulliver?s Travels, Gulliver encounters a race of highly intelligent horses whose extreme rationality seduces the protagonist. It explains how Gulliver?s increasing hatred for humanity becomes a dark vehicle for Swift?s thorough satire of human nature.
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"The Houyhnhnms embody Enlightenment ideals, as they are led by reason over emotion and essentially devoid of passion. However, the horses nevertheless exhibit prejudice in their treatment of the Yahoos and of Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms represent qualities that human beings often blindly strive toward, and Swift shows that pure reason is not necessarily superior to the nuances of human emotion. Gulliver perceives the Yahoos through the Houyhnhnms? eyes, as horrible brutes. Because of their resemblance to human beings in physical and psychological makeup, Gulliver begins to despise humanity. Swift thus presents a paradox: Gulliver?s perception of human beings is in many ways correct. However, his sweeping generalizations of human nature results in unproductive behavior. For instance, he refuses to be rescued by the kind Portuguese sailor. After being forced to return to England, he isolates himself from his family and retreats into his own world."
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The Moral and Importance of "Gulliver's Travels", 2004.
An analysis of how Jonathan Swift establishes Gulliver as a credible narrator and used this to satirize society, as well as individuals, in his novel, "Gulliver's Travels".
2,278 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 15 sources, MLA, AU$ 102.95
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This paper looks at how people can sometimes become so arrogant that they do not bother to look at the world around them and how society always has been and always will be full of corruption, pollution, and dishonesty. It attempts to show that it is for these reasons that Jonathan Swift wrote "Gulliver?s Travels". It also examines how it is divided into four different journeys, each expressing a concern of Swift?s. It is apparent that Part IV is the most important of all the journeys and that the importance of a journey increases as the book progresses. It shows how each part has a moral and how the moral of Part IV is vital to understanding the novel. It concludes that, by analyzing and comparing each section, one can draw the conclusion that reform begins with an individual.
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"In order for Gulliver?s Travels to create the disturbance that Swift intended, he needed to establish Gulliver as a credible narrator. This is done so by providing real places for Gulliver to live, grow up, and be educated (Ross 222). He begins the novel saying, ?My father had a small Estate in Nottinghamshire; I was the Third of five Sons. He sent me to Emanvel College in Cambridge? (Swift 3). This sets Gulliver up as a ?reasonable and convincing protagonist? (Rosenheim 669). This is true, because factual descriptions of places and people lend credibility. In addition, Gulliver?s emotional distance from the other characters makes him even more believable and effective. His lack of judgement makes his views almost seem factual, rather than objective. When visiting islands and different societies, Gulliver does not give his view or opinion of the island?s inhabitants or actions, but rather an explicit physical description."
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Jonathan Swifts' "Gulliver's Travels", 2007.
Discuses the isles, especially Laputa, to which Gulliver adventured in Jonathan Swifts' "Gulliver's Travels".
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This paper analyzes Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" as the author's manifesto to the truth of human character. Specifically, the paper explains that the fantastical isles, to which Gulliver travels in Jonathan Swifts' "Gulliver's Travels", serve as the framework for satirizing civilized society. The paper points out that, thematically, the four voyages Gulliver experiences are consistent in their structure as mirrors for the English idea of enlightened civilization. Swift uses each society to highlight Gulliver's pride in his character and the flaws found in his own society. The paper relates that, whereas the Lilliputians and Brobdingnags may have been too simple for Gulliver's taste, the Laputians are too convoluted and steeped in muddled, music-based theologies and scientific reasoning. The true dystopia of Gulliver's Travels is the ridiculousness and pettiness of the Laputian government.
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"Through the Laputians' fumbling of practical practices such as geometry, in exchange for loftier, more obscure notions of problem-solving, Swift is proposing that this floating isle, a would-be utopia, is more in the tradition of Sir Thomas More's "Utopia", less so in replication of Plato's "Republic". Swift, by using excessive scientific jargon involving such devices as "lodestones", has presented a society that's excessive rationalism and reliance upon incomprehensible theories critiques England's own fervor over the Enlightenment."
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Perspective in "Gulliver's Travels", 2002.
The article examines Swift's use of satire to humble human pride through varying his characters' perspectives in books one and two.
1,228 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 1 source, APA, AU$ 60.95
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Jonathan Swift is a satirist who aims at all but oneself. His novel, Gulliver?s Travels, illustrates the ridiculous nature of human pride.The author shows how the character of Gulliver serves as Swift?s satirical mouthpiece, conveying his ideals and criticisms of English society in the 18th century. The author explains how Swift observes human conceit in all its pettiness, ugliness, and absurdity, and makes his perspective clear through Gulliver?s transformation from a naive patriotic citizen to a wiser, cynical character. The author finds that as Swift wields his way through the chapters, he chisels away at human pretensions exposing reality and exhorting a change; for mankind needs saving, but salvation lies within.
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"?You say I?m small? I certainly can relate, although it is a matter of perspective. The distance is deceptive, my friend, you stand too low,? (Franz Grillparzer: Poems). Gulliver learns this lesson of perspective through his voyages to Lilliput, where he looks down upon the citizens, and Brobdingnag, where the citizens stare down upon him. Dimension depends upon the standpoint of the beholder. Gulliver in comparison to the Lilliputians was a giant; however, in comparison to the Brobdingnagians, his size is diminutive. It is in visiting the Brobdingnagians that Gulliver?s perspective is more complete; it is in seeing life through each of these perspectives that the reader is able to see Swift?s satirical view of the English man. Swift uses satire to humble human pride, enabling a more honest self-assessment of the injustice caused by conceit."
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Gulliver's Travels, 2005.
A look at how the Houyhnhnms influence Gulliver in Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels"'.
1,155 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 57.95
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In "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift, the protagonist, Gulliver, is caught up in a twist of events, the last being in a country where horses, or Houyhnhnms, reside. The paper explains how he admires authority, which, in this particular country the Houyhnhnms exercise. Thus, Gulliver bestows upon them his utmost respect. At the same time, he is a major critic of the underdog, the Yahoos, who are ruled and tamed by the Houyhnhnms. This paper examines how Houyhnhnms imposed their negative views of Yahoos on Gulliver, affecting his own assessment and encouraging him to believe in the infinite inferiority of Yahoos, while at the same time, blinding himself to the Houyhnhnms' own flaws.
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"The passage begins with Gulliver explaining how he thinks humans are actually Yahoos. He starts by first stating how his family, which are the closest to him, then less closest, his friends, further apart, his countrymen, and more broadly the entire "human race in general" are "really" just Yahoos. Gulliver is clearly stating that humans are not humans anymore, and that his family is not his family anymore and so on, but that they all belong under the category of Yahoos. Gulliver at this point has distanced himself from the rest of humanity. He says that he considers "them as they really were," meaning Yahoos. By saying "them" and not "us" we see the distinction he places between him and the rest of human kind; it's as if he sees no relation between the human race and himself, or perhaps does not want to see any relation. Gulliver has made it apparent that by choice, he does not want any association or relation to the rest of mankind."
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Misanthropy in Swift's "Gulliver's Travels", 2001.
This is a review of the novel "Gulliver's Travels."
985 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 50.95
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Two different opposing viewpoints of misanthropy in "Gulliver's Travels" are detailed, compared and contrasted. The author uses ?Satire in the Works of Swift and Gay? by Catherine Cooper and ?Swift?s Gulliver?s Travels?, a lecture by Ian Johnston, to contrast and compare the two different viewpoints. The arguments presented by both these authors are reviewed and analyzed in order to determine which one is a more accurate interpretation of Gulliver's view of humanity.
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"Cooper considers Swift to be a misanthrope, as she believes readers are meant to see the Houyhnhnms as better than humans. She equates Gulliver?s views with Swift?s to an extent, writing that any lingering positive perception of humanity ?seems difficult to believe when the bleak light in which Gulliver sees the human race by the end of the novel is observed? (Cooper 2). After Gulliver has observed the degraded Yahoos, he is indeed disgusted by humanity. Yahoos, the vile, bestial, and filthy creatures in human form, are pointed out to be not only approximations of humans but completely human, as evidenced by the fact that a Yahoo female attempted to coerce Gulliver into mating."
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Truth in Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels", 2008.
A discussion of the oscillation between truth and fiction within Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels."
3,148 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, AU$ 133.95
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This paper discusses the two possible readings of the text of Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels." It discusses how the text oscillates between truth and fiction and how this allows a variety of interpretations and points of view. The paper provides a number of examples from the text of "Gulliver's Travels" in order to illustrate these two points of view.
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"What comes first to mind after an examination of the elements of truth and fiction in Gulliver's Travels is the fact that under the apparent truth, there is nothing but a clever counterfeit. The clever counterfeit, however, dissimulates the truth. Gulliver's Travels might look like the collected writings of any discoverer of foreign lands but there is one non-negligible difference. Gulliver's Travels was written by a clergyman in his study. And for such a man, "truth" supposes something universal. The fiction of this man of convictions serves to promote the truth, that is, a system of specific moral values and principles. His is an imaginary philosophic voyage with a didactic aim, proposing moral lessons, meant to be elicited after a close reading of the text. The satiric and/or utopian content is an indirect comment on reality. But on what part of reality? The Lilliputians "suppose Truth [...] to be in every Man's power" (Swift 54). It is likewise in the power of the reader who embarks on a quest, on a search for meaning, and this activity transforms reading itself into a quest for the truth."
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Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels", 2008.
A discussion and and analysis of Jonathan Swift's condemnation of human nature in his famous novel, "Gulliver's Travels".
1,530 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 3 sources, APA, AU$ 73.95
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This paper analyzes Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" and how it is an indictment of humanity. The paper explains that, in "Gulliver's Travels", Swift seeks to condemn human nature as being a state that is assimilated by all in terms of unthinking servitude to individuals' own desires and needs, which conflict and contrast to create a sort of messy chaos that is not ruled by reason or logic. The paper relates that Swifts condemnation of human nature is not light satire. Rather it is a general indictment of humanity as being naturally loathsome and horrible to behold. That is, Swift does not see any saving grace in civilization, but instead concentrates on the innate debasement of humanity.
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"When the narrator accepts that the horses are his social superiors and masters, he does so after some amount of discussion, having learned their language enough to give a rather proud account of his native land, which is summarily dismissed by the horses as being typical of Yahoo behavior. The horses remark that it is not unheard of in their land to also see Yahoos squabbling and killing each other over certain minerals, and that the dominant Yahoo is also surrounded by fawning subservient attendants who herd female
Yahoos into his camp and help to clean the lead Yahoo's feet and behind."
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The Power of Words in 'Gulliver's Travels', 2007.
A review of the power of a word in Jonathan Swift's work, 'Gulliver's Travels'.
4,617 words (approx. 18.5 pages), 14 sources, MLA, AU$ 174.95
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This paper reviews and discusses the book, 'Gulliver's Travels' by Jonathan Swift. The paper focuses primarily on the power of the words that make up this famous literary work. The paper takes a look at the common point between Gulliver's conversation with the various people he encounters during his travels, Swift's irony, and the book itself being considered a fairy tale for children and a bitter satire of the government of England and of humankind as a whole at the same time.
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"The power of words in Gulliver's Travels cannot be totally elucidated if one does not pay attention to the strength of Swift's own message, through the scrutiny of satire, irony, sarcasm and humour, all of them hiding the true meaning of words and indulging in plays on words of all kinds. We will see that the power of the writer's words is to have multiple meanings -that is to say, Swift's words convey different messages, and their real significance is often hidden beneath the plainness of the style. Our analysis will try to highlight that satire and irony, even if they have limits in their turn, can be seen as the ultimate power of words in Gulliver's Travels."
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"Gulliver's Travels", 2004.
A look at the concept of humanity in Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels".
1,569 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 75.95
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This paper explains how, in the final, fantastical voyage in "Gulliver?s Travels", Gulliver encounters a race of highly intelligent horses whose extreme rationality seduces the protagonist. It explains how Gulliver?s increasing hatred for humanity becomes a dark vehicle for Swift?s thorough satire of human nature.
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"The Houyhnhnms embody Enlightenment ideals, as they are led by reason over emotion and essentially devoid of passion. However, the horses nevertheless exhibit prejudice in their treatment of the Yahoos and of Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms represent qualities that human beings often blindly strive toward, and Swift shows that pure reason is not necessarily superior to the nuances of human emotion. Gulliver perceives the Yahoos through the Houyhnhnms? eyes, as horrible brutes. Because of their resemblance to human beings in physical and psychological makeup, Gulliver begins to despise humanity. Swift thus presents a paradox: Gulliver?s perception of human beings is in many ways correct. However, his sweeping generalizations of human nature results in unproductive behavior. For instance, he refuses to be rescued by the kind Portuguese sailor. After being forced to return to England, he isolates himself from his family and retreats into his own world."
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