Friday, December 15, 2017

Explain this quote from Gulliver's Travels: "I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives, to be the most pernicious race upon the earth."

You have
cited one of the most important quotes from , one that proves Swift wrote a
true .  Here the king of Brobdingnag, after hearing all about England from Gulliver, decides
that the English are "the most pernicious race of little odious vermin."  If you put
this quote within the context of the novel, you will most certainly find that it is Swift
himself who believes viewing high society and politics through foreign eyes may reveal violence,
barbarism, and foolishness.  Further, one can extend the meaning of Swift's underlying meaning
from simply the English government to the entire human race.

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