Gulliver's Travels Summary
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Gulliver's Travels Summary

Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift begins with the protagonist, Gulliver as he sets out for an adventure. He is a surgeon from England who has a taste for adventure, and sets out to find and observe cultures. On his first voyage a storm knocks his lifeboat over and he is the only one to make it to shore. There he is held captive by the Lilliputian people who are only around...

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Gulliver's Travels

5,988 words, approx. 20 pages

Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift is generally recognized as the English languages most accomplished prose satirist. Born of an Anglo-Irish family in Dublin, Irelan... Read more

Gulliver's Travels

3,906 words, approx. 14 pages

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift Born in Ireland in 1667, Jonathan Swift spent many years in England working closely with the British government. During this time, he witnessed corruption, wast... Read more

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Gulliver's Travels

54,020 words, approx. 181 pages

CHAPTER VIII. The Author, by a lucky accident, finds means to leave Blefuscu; and after some difficulties, returns safe to his native country * * * * * List of full-page illust... Read more

Jonathan Swift Biographies (6)

Jonathan Swift

1,951 words, approx. 7 pages

The Irish poet, political writer, and clergyman Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) ranks as the foremost prose satirist in the English language and as one of the greatest satirists in world literature.Jonatha... Read more

Jonathan Swift

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Seventeenth-century British writer Jonathan Swift is considered to be perhaps the foremost prose satirist in the English language and one of the greatest masters of that form in world literature. Thro... Read more

Jonathan Swift

11,636 words, approx. 39 pages

On 14 August 1725, Jonathan Swift wrote to his friend Charles Ford: "I have finished my Travells, and I am now transcribing them; they are admirable Things, and will wonderfully mend the World." At ... Read more

Jonathan Swift

12,462 words, approx. 42 pages

(Editor's note: In a departure from normal DLB procedure, the author cites conjectural dates of composition, instead of dates of publication, after Swift 's titles in the text.)Jonathan Swift --autho... Read more

Jonathan Swift

14,494 words, approx. 49 pages

For most general readers, the name Jonathan Swift is associated only with his satiric masterpiece Gulliver's Travels. They are not aware that, in addition to it and hundreds of poems, he wrote a great... Read more

Jonathan Swift

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Biography EssayOn 14 August 1725, Jonathan Swift wrote to his friend Charles Ford: "I have finished my Travells, and I am now transcribing them; they are admirable Things, and will wonderfully mend th... Read more

Essays & Analysis (29)

Critical Essay by William Pencak

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Critical Essay by William A. Eddy

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Critical Essay by Denis Donoghue

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Critical Essay by Arthur E. Case

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Critical Essay by Roland M. Frye

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Critical Essay by David Oakleaf

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Critical Essay by Michael McKeon

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Critical Essay by J. A. Downie

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Critical Essay by J. Paul Hunter

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Critical Essay by Christopher Fox

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Critical Essay by Margaret Anne Doody

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Gulliver's Search for an Identity

1,489 words, approx. 5 pages

Gulliver's Travels is a novel that touches on many subjects. One of the lesser points discussed is how Gulliver seems to be searching for acceptance and for his identity on his many journeys. Upon ... Read more

The Nature of Man in Gulliver's Travels

1,083 words, approx. 4 pages

The Nature of Man in Gulliver's Travels Swift uses many personae to sketch the nature of man in Book 4 of Gulliver's travels. The problem with this is that none of the personae give us the same defi... Read more

Today's Society in Gulliver's Travels

949 words, approx. 4 pages

When first looking at Gulliver's Travels, it appears to satire England during the 18th century. We can see this through the comments he makes to political figures, and other happenings of that time. I... Read more

Finding the Balancing Point between the Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos

803 words, approx. 3 pages

Between the houyhnhnms and the Yahoos lies a perfect medium of characteristics that all humans should acquire. This is seen through the form of a satire in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. A ... Read more

Gulliver's Travels

1,220 words, approx. 5 pages

Throughout history, creative authors have used satire in their novels as an element to express their dissatisfactions and opinions on topics such as, politics, humanity, and sciences. In an article f... Read more

Man's Dual Nature in "a Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms"

801 words, approx. 3 pages

Man's true nature is composed of different components, some of which are more prevalent. In Swift's "A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms," man's true nature is exposed to the reader as the auth... Read more

Gullivers Travels: Books 3&4

1,833 words, approx. 7 pages

Satire is a literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, sarcasm or caustic wit used to attack or expose folly, vice or stupidity. Gulliver's Travels was actually wr... Read more

Gulliver's Travels

932 words, approx. 4 pages

Gulliver's experiences in Lilliput impact significantly on his attitude towards the Lilliputians. In the beginning of 'The voyage to Lilliput' when Gulliver awakens in Lilliput he was confused by his... Read more

The Character of a Civilization

1,053 words, approx. 4 pages

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift explores the significance of mankind and human nature through several diverse societies. During the novel, it slowly becomes more evident how Lemuel Gulliver deve... Read more

Gulliver's Travels - Analysis of the Satire in the 1st Half of the Book

1,502 words, approx. 6 pages

"To vex mankind rather than to divert it": Swift said this was the reason that he wrote "Gulliver's Travels." By this I think he means he wrote it to show his readers the weaknesses and corruption of... Read more

Satire in Gulliver's Travels

987 words, approx. 4 pages

Gulliver's Travels, written by Jonathan Swift, recounts the adventures of Lemuel Gulliver, a naïve, and as his name suggests, gullible, narrator. Despite Gulliver being clearly intelligent and we... Read more

Gulliver's Adventures in Houyhnhmland

348 words, approx. 2 pages

This is the adventure in which Gulliver meets the Yahoos and the horses. The yahoos are human-like creatures, but with no clothing or any manners, they are just like any other animal with human bodie... Read more

The Role of Size in Gulliver's Travels

2,861 words, approx. 10 pages

In Gulliver's Travels¸Gulliver made a voyage to Lilliput, the land of small people, and Brobdingnag, the land of the giants (in respect to Gulliver's size). In these two lands, Swift uses ... Read more

Political Allegory in Gulliver's Travels

578 words, approx. 2 pages

Gulliver's Travels is a great novel written by Jonthan Swift. It is about voyages of Gulliver-main character-to different countries. Gulliver's Travels is a political allegory of England at Swi... Read more

Gulliver as a Person

441 words, approx. 2 pages

Similar to many authors, Jonathan Swift wrote with the intention of a deeper meaning of the content. Specifically, I am referring to Swift's Gulliver's Travels. Much like George Orwell's Animal Farm... Read more

American Hegemony has Analogy in "Gulliver's Travels"

748 words, approx. 3 pages

The United States: Weapon of Mass Destruction It seems to be general knowledge that the United States is the leader of the free world, a symbol for democracy, liberty, and justice. In Gulliver's Tra... Read more

Gulliver's Travels

1,078 words, approx. 4 pages

Johnatan Swift was an English writer of the 18th century originally born in the Irish family. The majority of his writings were satirical and the most famous satire is just Gulliver's Travels. It is a... Read more

Gulliver in the Land of the Houyhnhnms

1,380 words, approx. 5 pages

In the last voyage in Jonathan Swifts book Gulliver's Travels, "A voyage to the country of the Houyhnhnms," Swift describes his idea of an ideal society. There are many examples provided in this part... Read more

Free Book Notes (1)

Gulliver's Travels

24,914 words, approx. 84 pages

Gulliver's Travels Book Notes is a free study guide on Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. Browse the summary below:   Author Biography / Context of the Work   One-Page Plot Summary ... Read more

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