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A Brief Analysis of Gulliver’s Travels
黎结 王松槐 外国语学院 英语教育 2013年6月16日
A Brief Analysis of Gulliver’s Travels
（黎洁，class1106 Foreign studies，Hubei Normal University ，Huangshi ，435002 ） Content
1.The introduction of author and Gulliver’s Travels
1.1 about the author 1.2 about the book
2.The experience in Lilliput
2.1 his experience
2.2 comments about the experience
3.The characteristic about Brobdingnag
3.1 some trues about Brobdingnag 3.2 character analysis
4.His voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbububdrib,and Japan
5.A voyage to the country of the Houyhnhnms 6.conclusion
Abstract:Jonathan Swift(Jonathan Swift, 1667-1745)is a famous British great
novelist. His work the \ an important role in the history of the development of the English novel. Swift dissolved the fantasy and reality as a whole in the novel, using small metaphor, by observation, to use the past the present, beast ridiculed people irony, he shows outstanding creative skills and superb cynicism, has a profound ideological content and unique artistic effect
Key words:Gulliver travel irony character
Introduction:Because of some reasons,the author enjoy voyaging and like the life
live on the sea .so, he is addicted to traveling.Regardless of the disagree of his family,he start his first voyage. At last he gets safe on shore in the country of Lilliput
where he like a tower in others eyes.and he make contribute to the country,because of the envy ,some people want to kill he,ha return home at the end. When he travels again, He is also unlucky that the storm attacked him again. He was brought to a strange land. There, people are very taller like a tower but he is small like mouse. They use him make money and consider him as a toy. The author, by a lucky accident, finds means to leave,and after some difficulties, he returned safe to his native country. In the next few years, Gulliver went through a few times of risks, but also, in the end he comes back to his native country.
1.The introduction of author and Gulliver’s Travels
Swift is the founder of the British Enlightenment of democratic radical faction, he wrote many satirical article representative in his whole life.He called the outstanding political satirist in British eighteenth Century . The representative of \satirical novels.In the book,the hero Gulliver was a British surgeon who promoted to captain at last; he is educated and very proud of his motherland.He is well-informed in many aspect, but he is a mediocre person in essence, while Swift is using this limited hero at the full effect of satire
2.The experience in Lilliput
The first voyage,Gulliver survive on an island called lilliput.In lilliput,Gulliver is so huge that he likes a tower in others eye.To win the king and people's affection for him, he became familiar with the customs of the country. In Gulliver's help, Lilliput country become more stronger.He make more contribution to the country that more people want to kill he. At this time Gulliver heard a news that someone wants to kill he, so he wants to escape from Lilliput., finally returned safely to England.
What the author describe is the epitome of the British Empire.British Tories and Whigs endless struggle and the foreign war all the year, but politicians in some beneficial to the people's livelihood irrelevant details of intrigue.Moreover,the Lilliput government customs and institutions are similar to British.In the \’s experience of life, the author use of exaggeration, contrast, irony and subtle variety of practices, for these evils to expose and irony the British government in that time.
3.The characteristic about Brobdingnag
Gulliver second voyage meet a storm ,blowing him into a strange land where residents height is like a tower, he brought by a farmer and as a plaything to Brobdingnag.In order to make money, the farmer put Gulliver as a small thing in the suitcase, and brought them to the town show exhibition on the street for people to watch. Later, he was bought by Queen, and have a chance meet king.The king summoned him, he boasted of his great country, political wise, legal justice, however, it was attacked and rejected by the king. Although Gulliver is favored in the palace, but Gulliver very homesick., He has a chance accompany with king traveling, Gulliver go to the sea to breathe the fresh air, and then drilled into the suitcase.An eagle away boxes and fall into the sea, drifting for about an hour. Gulliver was save by passing ship, and then ,he return to the hometown. In this chapter,when Gulliver praise his great country,the king objected and criticize the institution in Britain,the author use the king tell us the disadvantage in British institution,and it shows someone are don’t like British attitude toward other country .According to Gulliver like a clown make fun for queen ,it shows the author turn his attitude towards social status of the criticism to doubt for universal human nature .
4.His voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbububdrib,and Japan
After the end of the Brobdingnag travel, Gulliver's third voyage to the flying island. The flying island flying in the sky, away from the land and the people, specifically exploit other island and the city who dare to disobey it, the flying island will stay on top of it, stop it and enjoy the right to sunshine and rain.In fact,the author wants to criticize British slavery Ireland and other overseas colony behavior .Gulliver visited the college rugby Balnibarbi multidisciplinary. Scientists are engaged in such as extracted from cucumber in sunlight, the food, the reduction of waste of absurdity. And then,Gulliver came to wizard Island,where the citizen good for ghosts, Gulliver saw many historical figures .It shows the British philosophers are out of reality, indulge in fantasy scientist, inventor and be a wild legend confuse right and wrong criticism of historians.
5.A voyage to the country of the Houyhnhnms
On his fourth voyage, Gulliver reached the country of the Houyhnhnms. The country has