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Gulliver's Travels

Introduction

Gulliver's Travels is the best-known work by the Irish author, Anglican priest and politician Jonathan Swift. In the original version of the book consists of four parts and was in 1726 under the title Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World in Four Parts by Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, published and then a Captain of Several Ships. Particularly well known is the two-part children's edition, in which Gulliver discovered until the land of the dwarves, and then ends up in the land of the giants. In it lacks the satirical and socially critical positions.

Gulliver in the Land of Horses

After Gulliver five months have been at home, it pulls it all over again to the sea, this time as captain of a ship, but it is at sea for mutiny and Gulliver is abandoned by the mutineers on an unknown beach. In a field he sees animals with long hair on the head; chest and facial hair, such as goats carry him. When Gulliver continues his way, he meets one of the vile creatures he draws his sword, the beast strikes with the flat side so that it screams, whereupon the herd from the field belongs to him and smeared with feces Gulliver. But suddenly they run away, apparently scared away by a horse. This and another horse Gulliver considered carefully and talk about him neighing. One of the horses takes Gulliver to a house in which he finds to his surprise, not humans, but horses. One of them considered Gulliver and says the word "Yahoo" to him. Then he is led into the yard, where some of these ugly creatures are tied. To his dismay, Gulliver sees in this a human animal abdominal perfect figure (in this abominable animal a perfect human form), these horses also compare it with the Yahoos. As Gulliver may not eat meat and hay, they give him milk to drink. At lunch time he sees a sled-like vehicle that is pulled by four Yahoos and in which a horse is. - The horses gradually begin to teach Gulliver words from their language. After three months, he speaks their language so well that he can answer their questions. The horses or Houyhnhnms Gulliver hold for Yahoo, even if for a special. Gulliver says that in his own country, which they call Yahoo's, the ruling beings, horses are used by them for racing or for carriage pulling (Miah, pp. 970-972).

The Houyhnhnms cultivate the reason, friendship and kindness are her greatest virtues. Do not use and ...