British Literature

Now this was an interesting piece. It completely reverses the roles of man and beast, which I found really odd. I think it's an interesting idea that in the beginning of this section, Gulliver sees a Yahoo and is not only disgusted by this discovery, but also neglects to recognize them for their human qualities. It soon becomes apparent that Yahoos are simply wild, hairy human beings that are ruled by horses, beasts of burden in the ordinary world.

I also loved that last scene where Gulliver is back home and he can't stand to be around people anymore, but prefers horses. It was especially interesting to me when he is so disgusted with even his wife and can't stand to sit any closer to her than across a long table with a handkerchief over his nose.

Well, to start with I felt that this one was an extremely interesting read. It wasn't exactly easy, but it was very interesting. I think what I liked best about it was the sort of feel it had that there was always something else implied, something much more important than what was actually being said. I liked that power in Laputa was based on technology. This really brought to mind the Enlightenment, where everything seemed to revolve around science. I also liked that due to this, Gulliver couldn't communicate with any of the Laputans. I thought that stood as an interesting symbol.