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Gullivers Travels - Houyhnhnml
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Gulliver's Travels - Houyhnhnmland
One of the most interesting questions about Gullivers Travels is
whether the Houyhnhnms represent an ideal of rationality or whether on
the other hand they are the butt of Swift's satire. In other words, in
Book IV, is Swift poking fun at the talking horses or ....
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.... impressed, but his admiration for the Houyhnhnms is
short-lived because they are so prideful. For instance, the leader of
the Houyhnhnms claims that he has read all the works of Charles
Dickens, and that he can singlehandedly recite the names of all the
Kings and Queens of England up to George II. Swift subtly shows that
this Houyhnhnms pride is misplaced when, in the middle of the
intellectual competition, he forgets the name of Queen Elizabeths
husband.
Swifts sat.... |
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