文档介绍：Don’ t be a Yahoo
Originally accomplished by an English writer Jonathan Swift in 1726, and later on adapted for a film by Charles Sturridge and a cartoon by Peter R. Hunt, Gulliver ’s Travels is such a famous satirical novel that influences both adults and children. The edition I read is one
of the adaptations, published by Oxford University. I was completely absorbed in its fantastically designed plot and the deep meaning it
conveys to my mind.
The author, Jonathan Swift, is an English satirist, statesman and poet. He was born in a poor family in Ireland and was brought up by his uncle.
Whenhe grew up, he becamea private secretary in Moore Park with other ’s help. The master of the park was an experienced politician and philosopher. There ’s no doubt that he gave a huge impact on Swift. During those years, Swift went through so muchthat after he left the park, he spared no effort to fight for freedom and independence for Irish people. The Gulliver ’s
Travels, wrote by the year 1726, exposing the darkness of the society at that time.
The leading character — Gulliver, who travels to the imaginary lands of Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa and the country of the Houyhnhnms, had experienced muchduring the expedition. All of these four voyages brought new opportunities and future to Gulliver ’s life, and these are also for
satirizing the way of the English.
The first voyage