Gulliver’s
Travels
1.
Who
was Jonathan Swift? What is he best known for?
Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was a satirist writer, poet. He is remembered for his works such as Gulliver´s Travels, A modest Proposal, A journal to Stella, Draper’s Letters, The battle of the books, An argument against Abolishing Christianity and A tale of a tub
2. What literary
period does he represent?
He represents satire in the 18th century British society. Through his works he expresses deep dissatisfaction to society. He tries to reform social class and politics. He also tries to inform and illuminate society about moral.
3. Define
Satire.
Satire is a way of
irony. It can be used to critize society´s ignorance
4.
Why
do you think Swift used this genre?
He used satire because he was in disappointment with society. He was
complaining against his enemies and civilization.
He did not believe in the adoration of the science as everybody in that
age used to consider.
Swift was a moral man and he was just denying the political control. He was
Surprised that population was easy to convince also, they were being
ignorant and fool. So Swift was trying to leave a message to society to stop
with politic games.
5. What do you think Swift's view of humanity is? Do you
agree with it? Why or why not?
He
can clearly see that humanity is losing their essence. He expresses his hate
against what he believes is not correct in a grotesque way. I agree with him
because in this age we are in the same situation as those days. Many people is
unware about corruption, laws, poverty, wars and how a small group of
millionaire people is controlling our world. We need to reject that, we have to
stop being passive and ignorant. We need to do a change. That’s why I love the
way Swift criticizes all of that.
6.
What
do you think the controversy between the Big-Endians and the Small-Endians
represents?
They had issues according to religion. Big endian represent catholic
against little endians who were protestant.
7.
What
do we learn about the Lilliputians with the knowledge that they believe no
other kingdoms exist except those of Lilliput and Blefuscu?
What
I can learn about that is that some people need to be stop thinking their
country is the best and inform about what is going on in other parts of the
world. There is a lot of hanger , war
and violence that many people do not care about.
8.
Why
does Gulliver have such a strong reaction against the Yahoos when he first sees
them?
Because yahoos are filthy, they are deformed animal which nature ever
produced. They are malicious and indocile.
9. Who are the Struldbruggs? Are they happy to have
eternal life? Why
or why not?
The Struldbruggs are doomed to eternal life. They are not happy with
that because they are not eternal youth. They are in continuous decay.
10.
What
was your favorite voyage in the story? Why?
My favorite voyage is when he meets the Lilliputians. That calls my
attention because this small people thought they were big to be corrupt,
envious and hypocritical. I can compare that with what I see around my world.
Many people is so ignorant believing they can treat others bad and they are
just small in this huge world.
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