Gulliver‘s Travels
Book by Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
• 30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745
• Anglo-Irish satirist, author and essayist
• Regarded as the foremost prose satirist in the Enlish
language
• Originally published all of his works under
pseudonyms
• Some of his works include A Tale of a Tub, An
Argument Against Abolishing Christianity, A Modest
proposal, and Gulliver‘s Travels
Gulliver‘s Travels
• Prose satire published in 1726
• Satirises both human nature and “travellers‘ tales“
literature subgenre
• English literature classic and Swift‘s best-known
work
• Divided into four parts
• Takes place from 1699 to 1715
Part I: A voyage to
Lilliput
• Lilliputs see him as a thread but take good care of
him
• He slowly gains their trust and is given his liberty
• Seizes enemie‘s boats but refuses to help the lilliputs
enslave them
• Gradually becomes the enemy of the emperor after
disobeying his demands
Part II: A voyage to
Brobdingnag
• Found by a farmer who uses him to make money
• Gulliver is not fed well and is overworked
• Farmer sells him to the queen
• Gulliver isn‘t treated badly but the giants don‘t see
him as a human being
• Carried away by an eagle, dropped into the ocean
and saved by sailors
Part III: A voyage to Laputa,
Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib
and Japan
• Laputa is a floating island with people on it
• Only interested in maths and music
• Gulliver leaves shortly after arriving
• Balnibarbi is the land beneath Laputa
• Gulliver visits the academy
• Glubbdubdir is the island of magicians
• The governor has the power to call up any spirit
• Gulliver is confined to Luggnagg
• He visits the king and learns about immortal people
• Finally departs from Luggnagg to Japan and sets sail to
England
Part IV: A voyage to the Land of the
Houyhnhnms
• Saved by a Houyhnhnm after being attacked by a group of
yahoos
• He gets used to living with them and eventually no longer
wants to go back to England
• He is forced to leave and despite trying to avoid going back
home he is discovered by seamen and brought back to home
Sources
• https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jonathan-swift
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• https://www.ukessays.com/essays/english-literature/satires-in-gullivers-
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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulliver%27s_Travels
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Swift
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jonathan-Swift
