HUBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY毕业论文（设计）B achelor’s Thesis论文A Brief Analysis of Gulliver’s Travels题目作者姓名黎结指导教师王松槐所在院系外国语学院专业名称英语教育完成时间2013年6月16日A Brief Analysis of Gulliver’s Travels（黎洁，class1106 Foreign studies，Hubei Normal University ，Huangshi ，435002 ）Content1.The introduction of author and Gulliver’s Travels1.1 about the author1.2 about the book2.The experience in Lilliput2.1 his experience2.2 comments about the experience3.The characteristic about Brobdingnag3.1 some trues about Brobdingnag3.2 character analysis4.His voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbububdrib,and Japan5.A voyage to the country of the Houyhnhnms6.conclusionAbstract:Jonathan Swift(Jonathan Swift, 1667-1745)is a famous British great novelist. His work the "Gulliver's travels" is a great satire, take an important role in the history of the development of the English novel. Swift dissolved the fantasy and reality as a whole in the novel, using small metaphor, by observation, to use the past the present, beast ridiculed people irony, he shows outstanding creative skills and superb cynicism, has a profound ideological content and unique artistic effectKey words:Gulliver travel irony characterIntroduction:Because of some reasons,the author enjoy voyaging and like the life live on the sea .so, he is addicted to traveling.Regardless of the disagree of his family,he start his first voyage. At last he gets safe on shore in the country of Lilliputwhere he like a tower in others eyes.and he make contribute to the country,because of the envy ,some people want to kill he,ha return home at the end. 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.1.The introduction of author and Gulliver’s TravelsSwift is the founder of the British Enlightenment of democratic radical faction, he wrote many satirical article representative in his whole life.He called the outstanding political satirist in British eighteenth Century . The representative of "Gulliver's travels",is an outstanding travels of satirical novels.In the book,the hero Gulliver was a British surgeon who promoted to captain at last; he is educated and very proud of his motherland.He is well-informed in many aspect, but he is a mediocre person in essence, while Swift is using this limited hero at the full effect of satire 2.The experience in LilliputThe first voyage,Gulliver survive on an island called lilliput.In lilliput,Gulliver is so huge that he likes a tower in others eye.To win the king and people's affection for him, he became familiar with the customs of the country. In Gulliver's help, Lilliput country become more stronger.He make more contribution to the country that more people want to kill he. At this time Gulliver heard a news that someone wants to kill he, so he wants to escape from Lilliput., finally returned safely to England.What the author describe is the epitome of the British Empire.British Tories and Whigs endless struggle and the foreign war all the year, but politicians in some beneficial to the people's livelihood irrelevant details of intrigue.Moreover,the Lilliput government customs and institutions are similar to British.In the "A voyage to Lilliput" of Gulliver’s experience of life, the author use of exaggeration, contrast, irony and subtle variety of practices, for these evils to expose and irony the British government in that time.3.The characteristic about BrobdingnagGulliver second voyage meet a storm ,blowing him into a strange land where residents height is like a tower, he brought by a farmer and as a plaything to Brobdingnag.In order to make money, the farmer put Gulliver as a small thing in the suitcase, and brought them to the town show exhibition on the street for people to watch. Later, he was bought by Queen, and have a chance meet king.The king summoned him, he boasted of his great country, political wise, legal justice, however, it was attacked and rejected by the king. Although Gulliver is favored in the palace, but Gulliver very homesick., He has a chance accompany with king traveling, Gulliver go to the sea to breathe the fresh air, and then drilled into the suitcase.An eagle away boxes and fall into the sea, drifting for about an hour. Gulliver was save by passing ship, and then ,he return to the hometown.In this chapter,when Gulliver praise his great country,the king objected and criticize the institution in Britain,the author use the king tell us the disadvantage in British institution,and it shows someone are don’t like British attitude toward other country .According to Gulliver like a clown make fun for queen ,it shows the author turn his attitude towards social status of the criticism to doubt for universal human nature .4.His voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbububdrib,and JapanAfter the end of the Brobdingnag travel, Gulliver's third voyage to the flying island. The flying island flying in the sky, away from the land and the people, specifically exploit other island and the city who dare to disobey it, the flying island will stay on top of it, stop it and enjoy the right to sunshine and rain.In fact,the author wants to criticize British slavery Ireland and other overseas colony behavior .Gulliver visited the college rugby Balnibarbi multidisciplinary. Scientists are engaged in such as extracted from cucumber in sunlight, the food, the reduction of waste of absurdity. And then,Gulliver came to wizard Island,where the citizen good for ghosts, Gulliver saw many historical figures .It shows the British philosophers are out of reality, indulge in fantasy scientist, inventor and be a wild legend confuse right and wrong criticism of historians.5.A voyage to the country of the HouyhnhnmsOn his fourth voyage, Gulliver reached the country of the Houyhnhnms. The country hastwo kinds of animal, an ape-like "Yahoos", another is "the Houyhnhnms horse".After learning the Houyhnhnms language, he try to tell Houyhnhnms the European history .When asked Europe the cause of the war in recent years , Gulliver explained: "Sometimes it was because princes want to govern more land or people,sometimes because ministers encourage their masters to fight a war in order to cover their corruptions.”His words were strongly criticized by the Houyhnhnms. comparing with British , the Houyhnhnms is rely on “kindness and friendship” virtue to govern the country, When together with Houyhnhnms for a long time, he wants to stay with Houyhnhnms for a lifetime,and not willing to return to his country. Later, in the Houyhnhnms notice Gulliver must leave, he was faint in the ground. After Gulliver returned to England,he think people in British is dirty and ugly like “Yahoos”, he even refused to meet his wife and children,instead of buying two ponies and horses company with him spend the rest of his life.The author uses Gulliver answering a series of questions to expose the true of the war, the hypocrisy of the law and use unscrupulous divisive tactics to get the dukedom shameful behavior. The author has strong criticism of human ugly and the real world of sin. At the same time,in order to create a modern civilization and evil opposite natural humanity and natural state of survival,The authors also noticed between capitalist society people purely financial relationships.l,so he doubt for humanity.6.ConclusionGulliver's travels is a classic novel which full of irony , and occupies an important position in the history of the development of the English novel form. It inherits the media century literature tradition ,and set an good example for future generations. In the novel "Gulliver's travels" creation, swift Enlightenment ideas embodied. It combine fantasy and reality as a whole, using small metaphor, by observation, to use the past the present, beast ridiculed people irony, he shows outstanding creative skills and super cynicism, has a profound ideological content and unique artistic effect."Gulliver's Travels”in the European tastes, including women and children. Not only attacked the social status of the novel, still deeper level, the direct irony of human nature itself. In the fourth volume, the on the "money" that part of discussion is the case. Gulliver came to no money, no military police Houyhnhnms countries, the owner explained to his horse, said: "We get a wild monkey that whether it be with or save, money is better, not fill time, because theirnature is so, not extravagance is insatiable. The rich enjoy the labor of the poor, the poor and the rich in the number ratio is a thousand to one. 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