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    The success of a satire is often measured by how well it "awakens thoughtful laughter." Based on this statement‚ Jonathan Swift’s novel‚ Gulliver’s Travels‚ is very successful as a satire because at a very superficial level‚ it is quite amusing with its tales of dwarfs and giants; however‚ when considering the time period in which this book was written and the historical problems of this era‚ the reader finds himself laughing on another level‚ realizing the satirizing of the government and humanity

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    “Pride in Control” In the book Gulliver’s Travel‚ the theme pride is presented between Book 1 and Book 2. Pride enables one to credit themselves as being prime to others. Despite how tiny the Lilliputian are they seem to seize control over Gulliver. The Lilliputians are gratified to have Gulliver as abducted‚ what they do not come to mind is their army would not be an army without Gulliver and his backbone for being an immense man compared to them. An example of the Lilliputians not putting their

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    a part of a culture. Often these writings are aimed at a specific group of people. In the case of Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels and Voltaire in Candide‚ their writing is aimed at European society and its preoccupation with materialism. Swift and Voltaire satirize the behaviors of the wealthy upper class by citing two different extremes. In Gulliver’s Travels the yahoos are not even human but they behave the same way towards colored stones that the Europeans do. In contrast‚ the people

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    Travel Agency Supply Chain Travel Agency Supply Chain With eCommerce technology rapidly improving and the number of people using the Internet increasing everyday‚ "brick and mortar" travel agencies are turning to non-traditional methods when developing their supply chain. Over the past 10 years the supply chain of the travel agency has evolved tremendously in order to incorporate the use of websites to promote online sales. In the following paper we will first describe the supply chain for

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    STUDY The findings of the study will be presented in three categories: current travel arrangement process‚ advantages of online reservations and disadvantages of online reservations. Current Travel Arrangement Process Basic Black Corporation uses a combination of e-mails and telephone calls to make travel arrangements for its on site and regional branch employees. The procedure currently in place for travel arrangements is outlined in Figure 1. |Figure 1

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    JONATHAN SWIFT PREPARED BY: - GUIDED BY:- V.SAI SUBHANKAR MRS PADMAKSHI ROLL NO: – 36 BEHERA CLASS- VIII-‘B’ TGT ENGLISH DETAILS OF THE BOOK TITLE: - Gulliver’s Travels AUTHOR: - Jonathan Swift ORIGINAL TITTLE: - Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World‚ in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver‚ First a Surgeon‚ and then a Captain of several Ships LANGUAGE: - English GENRE: - Fantasy

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    Essay 2    Gulliver’s  Travels  is  the  story  of  one   man’s  journey  to  hating  humankind.  It  poses  as  a  parody  of  traditional   travel  log  literature‚  while  simultaneously  representing  the  satire  of human  nature.  The  first  chapter  of  each  section  of  the  novel  begins  with  Gulliver  arriving  on  a  remote  land‚  the  victim  of  forces  out  of  his  control‚  where  he  discovers  a  variety  of  human­like  beings.  We  learn  much  about  Gulliver  as his own person

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    In Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift‚ Gulliver’s adventures and experiences satirize many aspects of human nature. Pride and arrogance are reoccurring themes that make up the most of Swift’s satire. While pride and arrogance is currently demonstrated by athletes such as Usain Bolt‚ it is also show by the characters in Gulliver’s Travels. Politics earn Swift’s greatest critical disapprobation. Through his supposed character’s observations‚ Swift levels an indifferent screed against the pettiness

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    Name : Amalia Amanda Kasih Student #. : 101214129 Date of submission : 15th of March 2010 Book Report : 1 2 3 4 (circle) [pic] • Title of Book : Gulliver’s Travel • Author          : Jonathan Swift • Publisher    : Oxford University Press • Year of publication : 1971 Setting (of time and place) The setting of the novel is 1699. Major places that this novel took place are in the Country of Lilliput and Brobdingnag‚ the land of the giants. Major Characters: 

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    Coursework Guidance GCE English Literature OCR Advanced GCE in English Literature H471 Unit F664 Texts in Time This Coursework Guidance is designed to accompany the OCR Advanced GCE specification in English Literature for teaching from September 2008. © OCR 2007 Content 1 2 3 4 5 6 Introduction Summary of Unit Content Coursework Guidance Assessment Criteria Unit F664 Texts in Time Administration/Regulations FAQs 3 4 6 16 20 24 2 GCE English Literature 1 Introduction The new

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