Most Critics say that Gulliver is the "persona" of author, Jonathan Swift (Scott; A Casebook on Gulliver among the Houyhnhnms; pgs. 81-82). ... However, at the end of the novel, Gulliver's true feelings towards society are let out and you are now able to see what the faults of society truly are (Moore; A Casebook on Gulliver among the Houyhnhnms; pgs. 95-107). ... The fourth and final volume of the novel takes place in a place where, unlike the "real" world, animals rule humans, and the human beings are not as smart as the Houyhnhnms are. ... However much Gulliver attempts to become m...

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• Grade Level: High School

Lilliput, Bobdingnag, Laputa, and the land of the Houyhnhnms are all lands in Swift's Gulliver's Travels that represent places in England. ... Gulliver arrives in the land of the Houyhnhnms. The Houyhnhnms are thoroughly rational creatures who look like horses. ... The Houyhnhnms evict him from their paradise as they think he is an undesirable alien. He goes back to Europe and strives to be rational like the Houyhnhnms but he soon forgets his intensity and begins to be able to tolerate the human race again (Swift, Critical Survey of Long Fiction 3145). ...

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On this journey, Gulliver travels to the land of the Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos. The Houyhnhnms are horse-like creatures that are extremely intelligent and advanced. The Yahoos are ape-like creatures, used as slaves by the Houyhnhnms, which are very appalling and degenerate. The Houyhnhnms eventually banish him from their society and insist that he must return to live with his own kind. ...

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After visiting countries in which he is too large, too small, and too down-to-earth, he finds himself in a country where he is neither rational nor moral enough, stuck in the limbo between the humane Houyhnhnms and the untamed, unruly Yahoos. ... In these chapters, we see the rough outline of Houyhnhnm society, which Gulliver finds pleasant but remains alienated. ...

• Word Count: 2275
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• Grade Level: High School