JONATHAN SWIFT

He found a lot of interest in irony and satire

His best satiries were

The Battle of the Books

A tale of a Tube

The Gulliver's Travels

A hater of mankind but a lover of individuals

A hater of man (an animal capable of reason)

What is reason?

An instrument that must be used properly

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

THE CHARACTER OF GULLIVER

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

A direct link with the reader

Theaches good manners

MEANINGS OF THE NOVEL

A book for children

A philosofical tale

A satire

A universal warning

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

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

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

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