There are a lot of things in Gulliver's Travels that are used in comedies: Satire, sarcasm, and a few jokes for good measure. And all of these things are funny, if done right and with the right audience, but Jonathan Swift (the author of Gulliver's Travels) had narrowed in on his intended audience. The satire is of people. They are most commonly poking fun at people's dumb or selfish actions, but Jonathan Swift also made jokes out of real problems. The problems were not big,

Everyone wants control, and this theme is explored in Gulliver's Travels. From the Lilliputians to the Brobdingnagians, even the Laputans, every one of them are trying to gain and/or exert control in their own way. The human desire for control is both understandable and weird. The Lilliputians try to take control by force, not understanding that Gulliver can kill them all easily, but their world view is too narrow-minded to understand that. When Gulliver tells them where he c

In Jonathan Swift's 𝘎𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴, the Lagado upper class have no real idea about how the world works. They know about stuff in theory, but they have no idea how it functions in practice. All of their ideas have no weight in the real world; they only work in their heads. They try to make clothes that, according to mathematics, will be the best clothes in all the land, but a blind old tailor who has been retired for 40 years can do a better job. They lack

In Gulliver's Travels , the eagle that kidnaps Gulliver is an allegory of freedom. The eagle comes from nowhere and takes Gulliver away and tries to eat him, but the eagle then drops Gulliver in the ocean. Freedom can come from nowhere and release you from the restraints that bind you. Some people don't even realize what happened for a while. But having all this sudden freedom can be shocking, not knowing what to do. That can be a very harrowing experience, realizing that the

The Brobdingnagians from Gulliver's Travels have a much better idea of the world then the Lilliputians (also from Gulliver's Travels),...

In Gulliver's Travels, the king of the Lilliputians thinks his greatness gives him the right to do whatever he wants, but really, he's...