In Reformation era Jonathan Swift wrote a novel Gulliver’s Travels to indirectly discusses his opinion regarding some political themes such as a Satire. Right from the beginning we are introduced to our protagonist who is a surgeon from Nottinghamshire England by the name of Gulliver. Gulliver develops a taste for traveling and to satisfy his hunger for adventure thus he seeks employment on a ship and eventually through his skills he not only does he get a job on a ship but gets promoted to a captain of a ship. Throughout the novel Gulliver visits 4 different locations on his journey, which questions his perspective on life. Through these journeys Swift explains about the true human nature taking place in the reformation era.
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He was using the Lilliputian’s natural resources and putting its peoples to work. Eventually getting tired and running low on supplies they pinned Gulliver for treason when he attempted to save the lives of many Lilliputian by urinating on the royal palace to extinguish a fire. Some might argue the morality of the incident, how vulgar and disgusting it is to urinate in public yet along on royal property and other beings. But in the heat of the moment to stop a fire from burning the royal palace and Lilliputian civilization to ashes it was a smart thinking of Gulliver to do what he did. His actions justified his intentions were pure.
Once Gulliver fulfilled his role when he helped them fight their enemies now it was time to get rid of him. Thus they plotted against him. In order to stay alive Gulliver had to escape to the Lilliputians enemy. Who assisted him in building a boat so he can return back to his homeland, England.
“It is not easy to express the joy I was in, upon the unexpected hope of once more seeing my beloved country, and the dear pledges I left in it.” (Gulliver, …show more content…
He clear gives an explanation of satire with in the first journey. Satire is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people 's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. In simpler terms Satire stands for: to criticize someone with the intension to expose him or her. Gulliver was placed in a position with in the novel where the true nature of the lilliput’s was exposed to him. They weren’t the small miniature creatures that were living their lives In fact the Lilliputians are a narrow-minded people who became angry over trivial matters. They only sought for their benefit even if it meant to falsely accuse someone
On his first …show more content…
He was using the Lilliputian’s natural resources and putting its peoples to work. Eventually getting tired and running low on supplies they pinned Gulliver for treason when he attempted to save the lives of many Lilliputian by urinating on the royal palace to extinguish a fire. Some might argue the morality of the incident, how vulgar and disgusting it is to urinate in public yet along on royal property and other beings. But in the heat of the moment to stop a fire from burning the royal palace and Lilliputian civilization to ashes it was a smart thinking of Gulliver to do what he did. His actions justified his intentions were pure.
Once Gulliver fulfilled his role when he helped them fight their enemies now it was time to get rid of him. Thus they plotted against him. In order to stay alive Gulliver had to escape to the Lilliputians enemy. Who assisted him in building a boat so he can return back to his homeland, England.
“It is not easy to express the joy I was in, upon the unexpected hope of once more seeing my beloved country, and the dear pledges I left in it.” (Gulliver, …show more content…
He clear gives an explanation of satire with in the first journey. Satire is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people 's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. In simpler terms Satire stands for: to criticize someone with the intension to expose him or her. Gulliver was placed in a position with in the novel where the true nature of the lilliput’s was exposed to him. They weren’t the small miniature creatures that were living their lives In fact the Lilliputians are a narrow-minded people who became angry over trivial matters. They only sought for their benefit even if it meant to falsely accuse someone