Gulliver's Travel: A Fairy Tale with a Twist

             When we start to consider a utopia we realize that it is a world
             where the people, events and the world as a whole is perfect. This
             perfection is a scenario where the people attempt to create a world where
             ideals exist. The reality of our world is such that the people and the
             governments are given to periodic spasms of imperfection that coincide with
             ravages of human life in the form of war and hatred. A person who is
             affected by this ravage would seek an ideal world where there is peace and
             prosperity. Thus, within reality a person would create a fairy tale and
             seemingly atrocious situations would be perceived through rose tinted
             glasses. Swift thus relegated the societies role as a rule maker into one
             that falsified the true character of man and made his readers see the irony
             in following the rules of society where the imperfections ran rampant
             through the social classes and views of man towards his fellows.
             Then we see that "The fascination for the reader lies in this ambiguity
             because to a large extent the text invites and encourages the reader to
             take power over its meaning" (Chapman, 2003).
             Through the creation of a political satire Swift makes clear his
             disdain for society and the politics that rule it. His disenchantment with
             the world and its rulers caused him to create this book, Gulliver's Travels
             that though seemingly a fairy tale has a twist in its tale such that real
             events are depicted through the adventures of one man. In each section of
             his book he takes one aspect of human nature and society and creates a
             caricature that is satiric in its presentation. In Book I especially,
             Swift represents satirically many of the events of the years 1708-1715 when
             the Whigs and Tories struggled for power. In Book III, he shows what
             happens when too much faith is placed in the ability of the human intellect
             and, in Book IV, he shatters any simple notions of the natural g...

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