The Satire of Johnathan Swift Revealed. Refers to "Gulliver's travels

During the eighteenth century there was an incredible upheaval of commercialization in London, England. As a result, English society underwent significant, "changes in attitude and thought", in an attempt to obtain the dignity and splendor of royalty and the upper class (McKendrick,2). As a result, English society held themselves in very high regards, feeling that they were the elite society of mankind. In his novel, Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift satirizes this English society in many …

…so, Swift makes a broader statement about mankind today. Despite all the self acclaimed advances in civilization and technology, we are still merely human; suffering from the same forces and flaws, impulses and imperfections as everyone else. Works Cited McKendrick, Neil. Brewer, John. Plumb, J.H. The Birth of a Consumer Society, Indiana                  Universtiy Press, Great Britan, 1982. Swift, Jonathan. "Gulliver's Travels". Norton Anthology of English Literature. 6th Ed.         M.H. Abrams, vol.1, New York: Norton, 1986.