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 .
