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Title: People Analysis and Irony of Gulliver's Travels Abstract:

Many of the critics who have critiqued Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels have used the word extraneous more than once. Swift was viewed as an insane person who was a failure in life. But this is far from the truth. Swift wrote Gulliver's travels, a book that has been assigned to students for years, and it is written from experience. Swift's experience with the Tories and their conflicts with the Whigs caused him to write books that mock religious beliefs, government, or people with views differing from his own. In one of these books, Gulliver's Travels, Swift criticizes the corruption of the English government, society, science, religion, and man in general.

Gulliver's Travels is one of Jonathan Swift’s outstanding novels of travel body. The author had used plenty of Irony technique and Irony technique to build bizarre plots. Although its irony is to the court and politicians, but it has been beyond the limitation of its time. The author built a magical world through the fairy tale of fantasy, and because of the accurate, exquisite, fitting description, people can hardly feel it’s fictional.

Key Words: Irony Gulliver character

Chapter 1: Introduction

The Author gives some account of himself and family and his first inducements to Travel---He is shipwrecked, and swims for his life. At last he gets safe on shore in the country of Lilliput and is made a prisoner, and carried up the country. 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.

Chapter 2: People Analysis

Gulliver is like travelers, they are tired of along and bored travel. He has a good memory and is good at study and survey. He has a special thinking. Friendly and kind is his nature. For the friend he can pay the live. He is cleaver, brave. Greek rationalism was emphasized. The joy of people comes from the operation of reason use, because the reason is the unique human glory and power. In the classical rationalism which appears reason distinguishes man from other creatures. The human pursuit of rational life of the highest level he deals with is smooth and reasonable.

The emperor of Lilliput, attended by several of the nobility, comes to see the author in his confinement. Learned men are appointed to teach the author their language. He gains favor by his mild disposition. His pockets are searched, and his sword and pistols was taken from him. The author diverts