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John Swift

 

            Many authors write books about events, their lives and their environment, .
             One satirical author who wrote a novel about .
             living in a corrupt society is Jonathan Swift who wrote Gulliver's Travels. .
             The places the protagonist had visited reflected on the author's English .
             government. The life of the author will be shown similar to this book .
             because of the way he lived.
             Jonathan Swift was well educated and graduated from Trinity College in .
             Dublin in English literature. He not only had a life in literature but also .
             had a life in politics. This experience helped him write many satirical .
             essays and novels against England and Ireland. His first political job was .
             to work for the remarkable statesman, Sir William Temple from 1689 to 1699. .
             During that time, he also became a minister for the church of England in .
             1694. After Sir William Temple died in 1669, Swift became a pastor of a .
             small Protestant parish in Laracor, Ireland. He was ordained in 1694. His .
             skill as a writer was greatly appreciated within the church and was well .
             known in Dublin. If one were to divide Swift's career into "periods," the .
             years 1710-14 would naturally fall into the "Middle Period."(Cook, V) In .
             1710, he became a powerful supporter of the Tory government in England. .
             Through many of Swift's articles and pamphlets in defense, he became one of .
             the most effective public relations men any English administration ever had. .
             The Tories saw how good Swift's literature was and hired him as an editor .
             for their journal, The Examiner. His political power ended when a new .
             government came to power. This was the Whig party. The Tory government and .
             the Whig party were against each other and shared different views like the .
             republicans and democrats in the U.S. The last stage of Swift's life shows .
             him transformed from an English into a Irish favorite, and this almost in .
             spite of himself.(Swift, XIV) He was betrayed and exiled to Ireland by his .


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