How Does Jonathan Swift Use Satire In The Voyage To Brobdingnag

Things are not always as they appear. In the second book of Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift introduces “The Voyage to Brobdingnag.” Upon arriving at the island of the Brobdingnags, Gulliver meets and experiences a truly unconventional society of giant people. Gulliver is immediately captured and forced to navigate through their bizarre judicial system. Gulliver soon learns of their unorthodox ways. Throughout “The Voyage to Brobdingnag,” Jonathan Swift ridicules the Brobdingnag legal system and the foundation of complex laws that they modeled after the English system. Swift is actually mocking the politicians in England while highlighting his perception of the laws of the land. Swift’s parody mocks the politicians and government of his time which remains relevant even today. In depth, Gulliver’s Travels proves to be a symbolic political satire. According to Case; "What is the main design of Gulliver 's Travels ? It is customary to call the book a …show more content…
. Then, based on Gulliver 's depictions of their ways, the King perceives the English as "the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth,"(Swift 135). Clearly, the King of the Brobdingnags is not impressed with English society. The King of Brobdingnag is believed to be based on Sir William Steele, a writer and statesman, whom Swift worked for in his early career. Swift truly wants to expose the english crown so he makes Gulliver part of the satire. As Rearick states Gulliver himself becomes part of the satire here as Rearick states “Gulliver becomes a satire of the colonialist fear that increased exposure to native culture would weaken the traveler 's loyalty to England and moral character,” (Rearick). It’s apparent that Swift not only wants to expose his former boss for his contrarian views, but also wants to expose the crown to the