Unreliable.\ Narrator of the world,\ an honest satire.HAIKUPRAJNA - ("Gulliver's Travels")
"Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift is a satirical novel published in 1726 about the titular narrator's voyages around the globe, to and from his home in England. Swift satirizes topics like travel literature, human morality and politics through Gulliver's narration, where the satire arises from the ambiguous effects on his mental health, which other characters (and some readers) presume to have been caused by the accidents he suffered during his travels; despite being an unreliable narrator, Gulliver nonetheless is an honest one. I admit, I did get a bit lost in some of his descriptions, not out of a lack of clarity but maybe because of too much clarity on topics and descriptions of people or locations (I was fine with the scenes of bodily necessity, however some may be perturbed). I enjoyed his takes on politics, morality and philosophy. There is a good reason "Gulliver's Travels" is considered a classic.
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Until next time,
Allen W. McLean
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