Q) Lumuel Gulliver’s journey through the different voyages portray how distorted as ‘creatures’ human beings are. Argue.
The book Gulliver’s Travel was written by Jonathan Swift in 1726 as tale of a man’s adventures into mythical world and it is satirical novel. Swift purpose of his writing was not for literary art, but to create a political and social account that would optimistically lead to positive action to help improve the lives of people. As Gulliver travels he encounters extraordinary lands and people that interpret in some way on the injustices he professed in the genuine world. Swift uses watch country to satirize some aspect of politics, religion and human nature. The book’s main theme is human beings’ meanness and greediness, pride, endless distortion of reason, and the absurdities and evils of a mixture of professions, such as doctor, lawyer, and politician, therefore themes of the book clearly states that how distorted human being are.
The book uses the characters and the different cultures Gulliver meets in his travels to represent the different aspects of humanity. In Lilliput, Swift writes about a ruler, the Emperor, who governs at random and with cruelty. He exists to achieve his own power and nothing more. We also learn of the different size of creatures that represent the meaningless divisions of society that …show more content…
. This represent the government in England at that time who have considered and removed from their people and unconcerned of the needs of the common man. The Houyhnhnms represent a successful society which benefits all of the Houyhnhnms and considers them all equal. The Houynhnms are logical and have honest principles; however, they are not human. On the other hand the Yahoos symbolize all that is bad with human beings as they are uncivilized, greedy and
The book Gulliver’s Travel was written by Jonathan Swift in 1726 as tale of a man’s adventures into mythical world and it is satirical novel. Swift purpose of his writing was not for literary art, but to create a political and social account that would optimistically lead to positive action to help improve the lives of people. As Gulliver travels he encounters extraordinary lands and people that interpret in some way on the injustices he professed in the genuine world. Swift uses watch country to satirize some aspect of politics, religion and human nature. The book’s main theme is human beings’ meanness and greediness, pride, endless distortion of reason, and the absurdities and evils of a mixture of professions, such as doctor, lawyer, and politician, therefore themes of the book clearly states that how distorted human being are.
The book uses the characters and the different cultures Gulliver meets in his travels to represent the different aspects of humanity. In Lilliput, Swift writes about a ruler, the Emperor, who governs at random and with cruelty. He exists to achieve his own power and nothing more. We also learn of the different size of creatures that represent the meaningless divisions of society that …show more content…
. This represent the government in England at that time who have considered and removed from their people and unconcerned of the needs of the common man. The Houyhnhnms represent a successful society which benefits all of the Houyhnhnms and considers them all equal. The Houynhnms are logical and have honest principles; however, they are not human. On the other hand the Yahoos symbolize all that is bad with human beings as they are uncivilized, greedy and