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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Swift, Jonathan

Swift, Jonathan
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Gulliver's Travels: Book II, Chapters 1 - 4

Introductory Note

In dealing with Book II of the Travels, the readers must grasp the
implications of Swift's technique of placing Gulliver amidst a nation of
giants. What is the meaning of this shift in physical perspective? Is Swift
merely demonstrating his ingenuity or is he suggesting, along with the shift
in physical perspective, a corresponding shift in moral perspective?

The reader will remember that, throughout Book I, we share with
Gulliver a rather condescending view of the Lilliputians; they are ...

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