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    Gulliver’s Travels]- Jonathan Swift **************************************************************** By P. Baburaj‚ Senior Lecturer‚ Dept. of English‚ Sherubtse college‚ Bhutan Author of: Language and writing‚ DSB Publication Thimphu Communicative English‚ P. K. Books‚ Calicut A perception on Literary Criticism‚ P.K. Books‚ Calicut ****************************************************************** The eighteenth century was an age of satire. Dryden and pope immortalized themselves by their verse

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    satirical piece. Satire is an instrument used as a critical tool against: politics and politicians; church and clerks; people and society (ruling class)‚ it ridicules the official documents of the state. Is often used to attack corruption in the political system‚ abuses on power‚ against human stupidity in general. In Swift’s book‚ we can find many examples that justify satire. One of the examples is that he uses indirectness to critize the Emperor of Lilliput that is recognized as George I King

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    English Authors 2 2/20/14 Gulliver: The Mock-Hero Throughout Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathon Swift‚ Gulliver continually proves how he is playing the role of a mock-hero. As many of the classic heroes hold traits such as bravery‚ intelligence‚ and leadership‚ Gulliver’s character pokes fun at that classic idea. Many epics consist of great heroes going on treacherous journeys where they come across man-eating beasts or other large feats‚ where as in Gulliver’s Travels‚ he goes on a journey where

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    By the 6th century‚ the western Germanic Franks had been Christianised‚ and Francia‚ ruled by the Merovingians‚ was the most powerful of the kingdoms that succeeded the Western Roman Empire. Following the Battle of Tertry‚ however‚ the Merovingians declined into a state of powerlessness‚ for which they have been dubbed the rois fainéants ("do-nothing kings"). Almost all government powers of any consequence were exercised by their chief officer‚ the mayor of the palace.[4] In 687‚ Pippin of Herstal

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    In book one of Gulliver’s Travels‚ Swift satirizes power. When Gulliver is with the Lilliputians he is much bigger than they are. Yet they still think they have power over Gulliver. The only way to efficiently satirize the things he satirizes is to have a character that is gullible. That’s who Gulliver is. By using the medium of exaggeration Swift is able to satirize the fact that some people believe they have power over other people who obviously have more power over them. As Swift satirized

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    Samsung’s Background Byung-Chull Lee founded Samsung in March 1‚ 1938. Byung-Chull Lee started the company in Taegu‚ Korea with only 30‚000 won‚ and it was originally focused on trade export‚ selling dried fish‚ vegetables‚ and fruit to the cities of Manchuria and Beijing. A few years later after Samsung was founded‚ the company acquired its own flour mills and confectionary machines‚ later on they got their own manufacturing and sales operations‚ and eventually evolved to become the modern corporation

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    and seem to be a true story; on the contrary‚ Gulliver’s Travels is almost a fantasy tale. In “Robinson Crusoe” the relationship between a “civilized” man‚ Robinson‚ and a savage‚ Friday‚ is still a master-slave relationship: Friday is a "good savage"‚ but remains wild and linked to the tolerance of his master‚ that represent a colonizer of that time. Friday gradually leaves his culture to identify himself with Robinson’s culture. Gulliver is instead interested in the variety of worlds and cultures

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    Background Information on 1920’s and 1930’s America 1. What was the Great War‚ how did it begin‚ and how long did it last? Which countries were involved? World War I‚ also known as the Great War‚ was fought between 1914 and 1918‚ and it set the stage for politics‚ culture‚ and economics in the twentieth century. Serbia and other Balkan states gained their independence in 1878 after nearly five hundred years of Ottoman rule. Nations from both alliances wanted to increase their influence over the

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    with hundreds of people that are as tiny as your finger. That’s what happened with the character Gulliver in this book. He is the main character in this book‚ a son of a middle-class family in Nottinghamshire‚ England and he’s also a doctor with two distinctive gifts. He’s very smart and he enjoys watching and learning from people’s manners and actions. He also likes traveling so in one of his travels he’s caught in a storm that sunk his boat and he ended up in

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    Air travel in the 60’s was a thing of glamour and it was for the privileged few. It has come a long way since the “Jet set” days of the 60’s. Though air travel has considerably changed in terms of people who fly‚ airport infrastructure and inflight services‚ what with the economic downturn‚ cost cuts and never ending terrorism‚ flying is not what it used to be. Because of the exclusivity of air travel in the 60’s‚ tickets were very expensive‚ so only the rich and famous could afford it. In other

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