Hatred of man is the major theme throughout the satirical novel, Gulliver's Travels. The

author, Jonathan Swift, used Gulliver's Travels to show his opinions on mankind. Throughout

the novel, Swift uses Gulliver, the main character, as someone that he speaks through. In the

novel, Gulliver is Shipwrecked on four different islands. On these different islands, swift uses

creatures and their characteristics to satirise mankind.

Jonathan Swift was born on November 30th in Dublin, Ireland. He was the second child,

but the first son (Hunting 18). Swift did not have a good childhood due to the lack of a father

and a mother figure. His father, Jonathan Swift,died seven months before Swift was born,

(Kunitz and Haycraft 505). His mother, Abigail Crick, lift Swift with a nurse in Cumberland,

Ireland after he was born (Kunitz and Haycraft 505}. Swift was cared for by the nurse until he

Swifts education began after after he was sent to live with his uncle, Godwin Swiift, is

Dublin, Ireland (Kunite and Haycraft 504). Though his uncle wasn't much of a father figure, he

did care about Jonathan's education. His un

ship anyways and taken back to England. When he returns to England he buys two horses and prefers

voyage, Swift satirizes the war between Liliput and Blefusco. In Gulliver's Travels, the two

haired animals with sharp claws, and it looks like a goat, that tries to kill him. He is saved by a horse who

Travels (u. Penn 1). Some years before his death, Swift suffered from an inner ear disease called

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