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A 4 page paper which examines various themes and elements in
Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels.” Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.
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4 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAswft2.rtf
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speaks of many different social and political realities that were obvious in Swifts time period. In all honesty most of the novel is nothing but satire as it addresses Swifts
homeland and the land of others. In the following paper we examine the satire present in Swifts work novel "Gullivers Travels." Through examining the satire we get a good idea
of what Swift was commenting on and also a good idea of his social and political world. Gullivers Travels and Satire "In part one of the novel,
a ships surgeon, Lemuel Gulliver, is shipwreaked and finds himself on the island of Lilliput, the inhabitants all being only six inches high. This section is great satire of English
politics and wars" as we find that the "Royal ponp, feuds amongst the populace, and wars are made to look ridiculous" (Gullivers Travels). In other words, Swift is telling us
how funny the politics were in her time. He is making fun of the politicians who perhaps feel they are very important, but are actually very small. In more
fully understanding some of this perspective one author also examines the satire involved in the story concerning the Lilliputs: "In part 1, chapter 5 of Gullivers Travels (1726), Gulliver saves
the Lilliputian emperors palace from destruction by urinating on the fire threatening to consume her Imperial Majestys Apartment.(1) The...joke has often been deciphered in the light of early eighteenth-century" realities
(Morvan 219). Another author notes that, "One of the important instruments that Swift uses to create the satiric effect is emphasizing the similarities between Lilliputians and his own" countrymen (Borovaia
149). It becomes obvious when reading his work that there is a clear sense of the caricature, and "This seemingly caricatural vision of monarchs and the law owes much
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