Gulliver’s misanthropic attitude continues in his letter to Cousin Sympson. Previously believing that the release of his account of the voyages he experienced would change the world, Gulliver writes to discuss how menial of an effect his recounts have had on society. He makes the claim that the Yahoos of the world have yet to stray from their “false reasonings” (XIV) He states: “The YAHOOS were a species of animals utterly incapable of amendment by precept or example: and so it has proved; for, instead of seeing a full stop put to all abuses and corruptions, at least in this little island, as I had reason to expect; behold, after above six months warning, I cannot learn that my book has produced one single effect according to my intentions”(XIV)
