Part one of term paper
To the uniformed Gulliver's Travels is just a humorous adventure, but it was written to expose the many problems with the British Society at the time. The culture Jonathan Swift lived in was not what one would call a utopia. The English culture of the late seventeenth century to the middle eighteenth century was riddled with civil unrest a ...

Part two of term paper
... all time. Born in 1667 in Dublin, Swift became entranced with the English political system. He was educated at Trinity College in Dublin and soon after moved to England to be employed by the diplomat and writer Sir William Temple. (Encarta 1) He became involved in politics and in some of the most important developments in the history of England at the time. During this time, he was recognized as an ingenious and witty man for his age. He originally was a member of the Whig party but in 1710, h ...