In every civilization filled with human beings, there are similarities. This fact is endorsed by Jonathan Swift in his book Gulliver's Travels. In this book, he is expressing different opinions and he is criticizing his society of Great Britain (eighteenth century). We could also refer to these comments as his moral and political philosophy. The following aspects will be discussed in this essay: his approach of misanthropy, how he treats pride and wealth, and his praise of reason.
Firstly, his approach toward the Yahoos who are certainly the inhabitants of Great Britain may be considered as misanthropy. By definition, misanthropy is the hate, dislike, or repulsion felt by someone toward his fellow humans. As it is mostly probable that Swift is using Gulliver's voice, he is a misanthrope. All along his work, he talks of how the Yahoos are stupid and disgusting. As often seen, he is ready to praise any Houyhnhnms and to condemn the others. He is treating them as animals that only care to eat and to mate. This last point is expressed in chapter seven of the fourth book when he relates on how the females hide behind a bush and wait for a male to approach and to seduce him. The most probable link he is doing is the way prostitutes of London behave. He believes that reproducing and living together without any love is wrong and by the way criticizes the manner in which marriages are arranged in his country. He also condemns how the cleanliness is not promoted by the Yahoos. Again, it is believed that he is relying on the way feces and other domestic detritus are expelled anywhere (from the humans themselves and for the way people get rid of it on the street. The way he ends his récit also shows how he dislikes humans. He relates on how he was deceived to see his family again and how his wife disgusted him. He even says that he is shameful to be responsible for the continuation of his race.
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They share the island with the human-like Yahoos. ... The Yahoos have violent tendencies like man. ... (Swift 486) When one Yahoo is threatening another Yahoo then there is a fight between the two. ... For the Yahoos, they crave large stones. ... Civilized man can appear to be worse than the Yahoo. ...
In the contrast, Yahoos are dirty, greedy and vicious. In the novel, the Houyhnhnms show us a vivid example of Yahoos' unreasonable desire. ... Once the Houyhnhnm removed the stones where a Yahoo had buried them. ... In the contrast, the horses are so super-reasonable that they couldn't understand Yahoos' feelings. ... "Midway between the poles of the Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos, Swift places Gulliver. ...
Yet at the same time, the Humans are similar the Yahoos. ... The Yahoos are creatures that belong outdoors and not among people of class. Gulliver begins to compare and simulate the Yahoos to the Humans in Europe. ... Humans show pride unlike the Yahoos and the Houyhnhnms. ... Gulliver began to treat his own kind as the Houyhnhnm s treated the Yahoos. ...
The endless bickering between Lilliput and Blefuscu, the behavior of the Yahoos, the characteristics of the Houyhnhnms, and the experiments of the Grand Academy of Lagado are all vehicles to convey Swift's opinions of man and society. ... Later in the book, the Yahoos are introduced. In the country in which these creatures live, horses called Houyhnhnms are superior to the human-like Yahoos. ... Yahoos operate selfishly; for example, a handful of Yahoos will fight viciously over an amount of food large enough to feed dozens of their kind. ...
Japanese Emperor Hirohito's birthday is celebrated as "Green Day" because he loved to garden (Morton "Color and Culture" Yahoo). ... Warm colors are stimulating and inviting, and are good for making large rooms feel cozier and warmer ("Choosing Color" Yahoo). ... It will make a person time-conscious and will curb his or her appetite ("Wool's of New Zealand" Yahoo). ... It was at that time the knowledge of Feng Shui became available to the common people ("Feng Shui" Yahoo). ... • Nature does not create blue food, besides blueberries (Morton "Color and Appetite" Yahoo). ...
A perfect illustration of this is seen when the Yahoos are first being introduced in chapter 1. ... For further debunking of man's vices and follies, Swift turns to the fantastic Yahoos and Houyhnhnms. ... The Yahoos, separated from civilization, lose their ability to act or think rationally, causing them to become violent and greedy. ... The Yahoos hate one another more than any other species, causing them to fight over food and material objects, like large stones. ... For instance, when Gulliver first comes across the Yahoos, he is instantly disgusted by them, but he fails to understa...
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