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Gulliver’s Travels, A Satirical Ride and Social Commentary

onathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels (1726) is more than a fantastical adventure—it’s a sharp satire of politics, science, and human folly. Through Gulliver’s encounters with tiny Lilliputians, towering Brobdingnagians, and hyper-rational Houyhnhnms, Swift dismantles the arrogance of European society.

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Literary Analysis: “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift

When Jonathan Swift published A Modest Proposal in 1729, he delivered one of the most scathing and unforgettable works of satire in literary history. Disguised as a rational economic argument, the essay proposes a grotesque solution to Irish poverty—selling and eating children.