The Reading Report

The main context of this book is about a series experiences of Gulliver’s travels. He is a British surgeon. He was in distress during a voyage, and was captured by Lilliput as a slave of Lilliput. Although the country is small, political parties and religious disputes are constant, and wars with other countries also continue. Then Gulliver went to the Brobdingnag、The flying island of Laputa and Houyhnhnmes. This book is a critical and realistic style, using satirical humor to reflect the corruption and evil of the country of the British ruling class in the first half of the 18th century. In this era, thought was more important and significant than emotion, and the literature of the day reflected that change. The key concerns of the new Enlightenment philosophy were perfection of society, optimism, reason compared with the rationality, order, and individualism. Swift's writing was a reaction against the rapidly changing viewpoints of the seventeenth century.The Lilliput experience shows the irony of the decadent incompetence of the ruling group, the establishment of the hierarchy, flattery, and the years of war between Britain and France. The author satirizes by this way. Let me clarify some details of these countries and what is the symbol of them in British. The first is the Lilliput. The King is a symbol of stingy、pursue fame and wealth、very cruel. Next is the Brobdingnag is a symbol of stationary、calm、knowledgeable and very care about local people. The third is The flying island of Laputa is a symbol of cruel、divorced from the people and actual conditions. Finally is the Houyhnhnmes, a symbol of wise man, industrious and brave, is the carrier of the ideal of human beings and at the same time the Yahoo, perhaps are British minister are cruel 、greedy and selfish. Takes all these characters into account, we may reasonably come to the conclusion that this book using rich imagination, anthropomorphic and ironic writing reflects all kinds of British capitalist society in the 18th century, expose and criticized Britain’s corrupt political system, and deeply analyzes the social reality of Britain at that time with rich satire and fictional fantasy bizarre plots. It integrates reality and fantasy, compares the two, and highlights the artistic effect of the work with the contrast between virtual reality, which has strong artistic appeal. I first read this book when I was in elementary school, at that time I can’t understand the deeply intention, but now I pick it again, giving me a lot of different feelings. The author will satire incisively and vividly through clever techniques, through reading and comprehension, we should learn the Brobdingnag or Houyhnhnmes , only such a country can be immortal, more and more powerful. Don't fight like Lilliput. The same is true of the current international situation, some countries are still trying to dominate the world, this is simply impossible, is greedy just like Yahoo. Only to adapt to the global trend, sympathize with the people, and friendly relationship with the neighbors is the long-term way.