Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels Satire is the result of someone believing something is wrong with the world, and expressing the thought in a comical or humorous manner. ... Gulliver's Travels is a satirical book based on the problems that faced the 17th-18th centuries. ... Most Critics that read Gulliver's Travels have many things to say about the writing and the symbolism involved in the story. ... The first volume of Gulliver's Travels is on A Voyage to Lilliput. ... Swift's portrayal of society through Gulliver's Travels is a sophisticated and ...

• Word Count: 1551
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels has endured through the generations as one of the greatest pieces of British literature. ... At the beginning of Gulliver's Travels, Lemuel Gulliver is a physician who signs up as a ship's surgeon in order to be able to provide for his family. ... Gulliver also travels to Luggnagg, Where he encounters the Struldbrugs, a race that is given immortality. ... On this journey, Gulliver travels to the land of the Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos. ... In this section of Gulliver's Travels Swift seems to lean toward the pettiness of human nature,...

• Word Count: 1605
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• Has Bibliography

Gulliver's Travels, while a magnificent, enthralling children's tale, hides Jonathan Swift's extensive and sometimes cynical use of satire. During Swift's period of writing Gulliver's Travels (1726), was a time of great change in Britain and the rest of Europe. ... In Gulliver's Travels, the character of Gulliver is first a reflection of Swift's own views, and later a complete contrast to Swift's ideas, and eventually becoming as much a figure of satire as the strange lands he visits. ... In this, the first of four journeys in Gulliver's Tr...

• Word Count: 1463
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In Part 1 of Gulliver's Travels, Gulliver's physical size and strength put Gulliver in a unique position within the Lilliputian's society and gave him obligations and capabilities far beyond those of people who keep him prisoner. ... If Gulliver disobeys these rules he will never be free. But because of Gulliver's goodwill and gratefulness for their hospitality, the Master orders for the Lilliput's to bring Gulliver food. ... In Gulliver's Travel's, Gulliver has agreed to the contract for his freedom. ... Gulliver finds himself not among...

• Word Count: 2275
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

One satirical author who wrote a novel about living in a corrupt society is Jonathan Swift who wrote Gulliver's Travels. ... In the book Gulliver's Travels, the author reflects his life on the main character to Prove a point, mankind are savages. ... The second place Gulliver arrives is Brobdingnag. ... The farmer that found Gulliver brought him to the queen. ... The last place Gulliver went to was The Land of the Houynhnms. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"A Modest Proposal" begins with an account of the impoverished state of many in Ireland. The writer expresses sympathy and the need for a solution. This proposal hopefully will decrease the number of abortions performed by poor mothers. The writer calculates the number of infants born in Ireland and...

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