JONATHAN SWIFT

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The story is divided in 4 books (4 travels) and the main character is Lemuel Gulliver

FOURTH BOOK: Gulliver is now on a strange island that is inhabitated by intelligent horses. Our hero admires this group. Finally he returns to England, but he is not the same guy anymore

THIRD BOOK: Gulliver arrives in the island of Laputa. Its inhabitants were obsessed with abstract scientific theory that have destroyed the society. Then Gulliver tries again to return to England

SECOND BOOK: Gulliver sails for Alaska instaed of India and found Giants, whose leader put the poor guy in a cage. Fortunately he was saved by a bird and then by a ship

FIRST BOOK: Gulliver is shipwrecked in the land of Lilliput which inhabitants were very tiny. Gulliver became their friend and, after several experiences, he decided to return in England

MEANINGS OF THE NOVEL

A universal warning

A satire

A philosofical tale

A book for children

THE CHARACTER OF GULLIVER

Theaches good manners

A direct link with the reader

Prototrype of English middle-class man (a true and verisimilar tale)

JONATHAN SWIFT

A hater of man (an animal capable of reason)

What is reason?

An instrument that must be used properly

A hater of mankind but a lover of individuals

He found a lot of interest in irony and satire

His best satiries were

The Gulliver's Travels

A tale of a Tube

The Battle of the Books