Gulliver’s Travels Analysis

Name
Professor
Course
Date
Gulliver’s Travels Analysis
Gulliver’s Travels is one of the most famous works in English literature, as it relates the story to certain truths about our own world. It creates a humanistic approach in understanding the different societies in the journey of Gulliver. It creates opportunities for the readers to extend their empathy to the different cultures, beliefs, and circumstances of different people. Jonathan Swift successfully creates a deep and entertaining story that reveals human natures and some of their shadows to the reader. It provides insight to the human and how they are living and interacting and co creating in society. Through Gulliver’s experience in various lands, he comes to a wider perspective about his own life and his own world.
One of the key elements of this story is in how its author used satire in order to present certain opinions and perspectives about people and society. Swift was able to play with concepts and symbolism in order to invite the viewer to come and look from his perspective, thereby highlighting certain ideas within the novel. The author uses Gulliver’s character to provide a silly and at the same time, enlightening experience to the reader. He does this by creating various characters that symbolize certain objects, and organizations and even people of the real world.
From the characters and settings in the story come valuable lessons and opens social awareness. The satire of the story creates a dynamic between author and the audience, wherein certain beliefs and certain stereotypes are put into light. The clues are hidden in plain sight, as the story progresses in its simplicity and satirical play of concepts. One particular group that Gulliver encounters are the Lilliputians. This people shows an archetype of the pinnacle of egocentric humanism. However, their society have their own share of hypocrisy and imperfection. Through the different settings, the author shows the dilemma of progress, culture, and indoctrination. The Lilliputians are vastly different from Gulliver in size, but their pride are strong and they are not scared by Gulliver’s threats, even if it is obvious that they are powerless against him. Gulliver’s initial reaction when he was captured was able to create an opportunity to connect with Lilliputians, aside from being viewed as an outsider. The Emperor’s court was actually the one who was impressed by Gulliver when he gently released and di...