When we start to consider a utopia we realize that it is a world
where the people, events and the world as a whole is perfect. This
perfection is a scenario where the people attempt to create a world where
ideals exist. The reality of our world is such that the people and the
governments are given to periodic spasms of imperfection that coincide with
ravages of human life in the form of war and hatred. A person who is
affected by this ravage would seek an ideal world where there is peace and
prosperity. Thus, within reality a person would create a fairy tale and
seemingly atrocious situations would be perceived through rose tinted
glasses. Swift thus relegated the societies role as a rule maker into one
that falsified the true character of man and made his readers see the irony
in following the rules of society where the imperfections ran rampant
through the social classes and views of man towards his fellows.
Then we see that "The fascination for the reader lies in this ambiguity
because to a large extent the text invites and encourages the reader to
take power over its meaning" (Chapman, 2003).
Through the creation of a political satire Swift makes clear his
disdain for society and the politics that rule it. His disenchantment with
the world and its rulers caused him to create this book, Gulliver's Travels
that though seemingly a fairy tale has a twist in its tale such that real
events are depicted through the adventures of one man. In each section of
his book he takes one aspect of human nature and society and creates a
caricature that is satiric in its presentation. In Book I especially,
Swift represents satirically many of the events of the years 1708-1715 when
the Whigs and Tories struggled for power. In Book III, he shows what
happens when too much faith is placed in the ability of the human intellect
and, in Book IV, he shatters any simple notions of the natural g...