satire in gullivers travels
Satire is seen everywhere we look. ... Satire is defined as irony or sarcasm used to expose and poke fun of vice or folly. Jonathan Swift uses satire in his novel, Gulliver’s Travels. ... Each journey that Gulliver takes, states a different point of satire. First he travels to the land of Lilliput, where he meets the Lilliputians, miniature people who are six inches tall. A satire on the pettiness and small-mindedness of humans is seen on this journey. Next he travels to Brobdingnag, where the tables are turned. ... The satire that Gulliver first made against the Lilliputians is now turned and the satire is on him. ... Here Gulliver notices how terrible the human condition is and the satire is wrapped up to cover humankind as a whole. ... The satire has begun. ... Here we find the satire in the Lilliputians who believe they are so mighty and can control everything, even this giant. ... The satire here seems to be on England and France. ... Although Swift’s intentions were of satire, Gulliver is seen as the naïve reporter who does not relate the Lilliputians to the condition of humans, or even Europeans. ... The tables have been turned, and now the satire is on him.