gulliver's travels
Jonathan Swift has been said to be the "Keenest mind and sharpest wit in an age marked by intellectual brilliance".(1) Jonathan Swift was also called "a mass of sense"(1). His works however took very irrational approaches to the many topics he wrote about in his many literary works. He shows this irrational writing in his works: The Battle of the Books, A Modest Proposal, and Gulliver's Travels (originally entitled: Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts, by Lempel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and Then a Captain of Several Ships). He had an enthusiasm in his idea of "pure reason" and was distrustful of all fanaticism. He also had very clear and direct style of the English language, but the extremeness of his irony were misunderstood in his own and later ages.Jonathan Swift, born in Dublin on November 30, 1667, the son of an Englishman who had settled in Ireland, was educated at Trinity College with the aid of a wealthy uncle. In 1688 he left Ireland and became secretary to Sir William Temple at Moor Park, Surrey. Temple was not an agreeable master, and Swift wanted to be independent in the
On Gulliver's final voyage he visits the country of Houyhnhnm, which is populated by a race of horses that are the model of human society and the Yahoos, a race of brutish human-like creatures. After being forced to once again flee he returns home after a series of voyages that have taken him sixteen years. Soon after his voluntary exile to Ireland he turned his talent to defending Irish political and economic interests against the English. When the Tory ministry collapsed in 1714, Swift returned to Ireland for good. This move won for him the hatred of Whigs such as Addison and Steele but gained him even more powerful friends in Robert Harley and Henry St. He then visits Luggnagg and Japan before returning home. This land is inhabited by a race of giants twelve times human size. On this island Gulliver learns about the society of the Lilliputians which resembles that of England. After several mishaps he is forced to flee the land and he returns to England. John, leaders of the new Tory ministry. The "Vanessa" of his poem Cadenus and Vanessa. Through this works Swift continued his war with the Whig administration and wan the love and respect of all Ireland.
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