He received a Bachelor of Arts degree, and went on to pursue a master ‘s degree as well. At the age of fourteen, in 1682, Swift entered Trinity College in Dublin.

For this reason, he was sent to live with an uncle who enrolled him at what was considered the best grammar school in Ireland at the time, the Kilkenny school. His father passed away shortly after he was conceived and, upon his birth, his mother struggled to provide for him financially. Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin, Ireland on November 30, 1667. This work remains popular with adults and children alike who are drawn to the multiple ways it can be read: as an allegorical tale of fantastic creatures or as a deeper political commentary on the darker side of human nature. As it turns out, “He works as a surgeon on ships and ends up becoming a ship captain…Through many unfortunate events during his voyage at sea, Gulliver becomes stranded in foreign lands and absurd situations, whether it’s getting captured by the miniature Lilliputians or becoming friends with talking horses, the Houyhnhnms” (Naik). It follows a protagonist, Lemuel Gulliver, who is the narrator he explains a bit about his life as a preamble and informs readers that he is a married surgeon from Nottinghamshire, England who loves traveling. Gulliver’s Travels, written in 1726 by Jonathan Swift, is a satire that explores the theme of human nature framed by a fictional traveler’s account (this being very popular genre at the time). Picyrl.īy Jena Jordan, Aalmin Kadiwal and Elisa Escalera

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