Figurative Language In The Third Book Of Jonathan Swift’s...

â€Å"And though I (†¦) understand all mysteries and all knowledge and have no charity, I am nothing.† /St Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians, 13, 2 / Each of the four books of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels discusses one aspect of human nature. The discussions’ language is rather satirical than an earnest tone. The first book is about the physical aspect, the voyage to Brobdingnag focuses on the â€Å"Homo politicus†, the political man. The third book is about intellect, while in the land if the Houyhnhnms we can â€Å"meet† the moral man. Now I am going to discuss the appearance of the intellectual aspect in the figurative language of book three. The first and the most basic thing to make clear in connection with the Laputa part are†¦show more content†¦This sentimental tone of voice irritated Swift. The fourth and last point is the increasing power of centralised government. A power like this divorced from human needs and did not care about solving social problems becoming more and more serious. Now –after the introduction- it is important to see how Swift â€Å"felt himself† in such â€Å"era†. Above all, he was unambiguously against abstraction. To be more exact, his hatred directed against the abstract man. The incorporations of this type in Swift’s age were existing and acting within semi-human or (to be stricter) dehumanised racial or professional groups. We can be sure, that –writing about the Laputians- Swift had Descartes in mind. That Descartes, who had forgotten that God created man a bit lower than angels who are pure intelligences. Swift argues that this mistake can lead people into real danger. The danger is in holding an unrealistic view of potentialities of human nature, and expecting that men can somehow transcend their limitations and become –shall we say- angels. So the theme Swift chose as the spoil of his satire is the divorce of man and good sense in the modern world. The philosophers of the Flying Island are completely lost in their abstractions. Gulliver can experience a great neglect of all practical reality including their own wives, or we can remember the tailor who made Gulliver’s clothes that fit him not at all.Show MoreRelatedAnalysis Of Gulliver s Travels By Jonathan Swift1362 Words   |  6 PagesTheme Gulliver’s Travels takes place in a part mythical, part â€Å"earthly† world. Lemmuel Gulliver is a sailor that lives in London and sets sail on various adventures that take him on many twists and turns, and even a few close encounters with death. After all these experiences Gulliver still seems to make it home after an odd turn of events. In Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift uses characterization, point of view, and figurative language to show how people should be more honest and respectful whenRead MoreReflects on the Society in Gullivers Travels1824 Words   |  8 PagesReflects on the Society in Gullivers Travels Jonathan Swift wrote Gullivers Travels in 1762 with the intent of providing entertainment for people. Entertainment through satire was what Swift had in mind. In Gullivers Travels, Jonathan Swift traveled to four different foreign countries, each representing a corrupt part of England. Swift criticized the corruption of such parts and focused on the government, society, science, religion and man. Not only did Swift criticize the customs of each countryRead MoreStudy Guide Literary Terms7657 Words   |  31 PagesThe explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it; the association or set of associations that a word usually elicits for most speakers of a language, as distinguished from those elicited for any individual speaker because of personal experience. For instance, the word sea denotes a large body of water 36. diction- An authors choice of words. Since words have specific meanings, and sinceRead MoreANALIZ TEXT INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS28843 Words   |  116 Pageslargely self-contained episodes, resembling so many beads on a string. The unifying element is the protagonist, as he wanders into and out of a series of adventures that, in their totality, initiate him to life and provide his moral education. A third type of chronologically arranged plot is encountered in psychological novels, such as James Joyce’s Ulysses, Virginia Wolf’s To the Lighthouse, in which the reader’s attention is centered on the protagonist’s unfolding state of mind as it wrestles