Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver is quite an enigma in himself. This present journey has brought him to kinds so queer and people so strange as to baffle any human mind, still we see that Gulliver retains his focus and remain glued to what is happening...

Gulliver is quite an enigma in himself. This present journey has brought him to kinds so queer and people so strange as to baffle any human mind, still we see that Gulliver retains his focus and remain glued to what is happening. This experience with people working in the school of political   projectors is full of strange encounters. How does he face them? What does it tell you about the mental process of Gulliver?

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In Glubbdubdrib, Gulliver is able to bring back great figures from history, including truly wise people such as Aristotle. Nearly everything that he learns is different from what has been recorded in the history books. Swift shows here that history cannot be trusted, especially because those involved typically are not the ones who write their own history. The trouble now is that Swift has shown us that we cannot trust others and we do not often do well when we falsely trust in ourselves. We must trust in ourselves but only with a clear view of who we really are-our proper location, perspective, and size all matter.Gulliver faces them with the same discerning scrutiny that he uses in his other travels. Gulliver is open minded to the truth. He does not confine or protect himself with imperial propaganda that he was taught in England.