Part 1 of Essay
Although it appears simple and straightforward on the surface, a mere travelogue intended solely for the amusement of children, , by Jonathan Swift, proves, upon closer examination, to be a critical and insightful work satirizing the political and social systems of eighteenth-century England. Through frequent and successfu ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... For instance, in book one, "A Voyage to Lilliput", when Gulliver finds himself lost in a world one-twelfth the size of his own, he proves himself to be quite naive and impressionable. Although he is simply too large to perceive them in detail, Gulliver judges the country's inhabitants he meets to be as perfect and innocent as their toylike appearances. He refers to the Lilliputian emperor, a being not even six inches high, as “His Imperial Majesty” and blindly agrees to perform any demanded service, even thoug ....