1. The Polar Opposites of Emotion and Reason in Gulliver's Trav
This capability of emotion then can also be man's destruction, a theme thoroughly illustrated throughout Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. ... In Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift comes to the conclusion that only complete loss of emotion can lead to true reason and a perfect society. ... Gulliver loses all pride he ever had for the human race. ... Gulliver's pride still remains, however, and he even has trouble accepting that there made be good humans like Pedro de Mendez, a captain who delivers Gulliver home, whom Gulliver takes a considerable long time to be ...
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