Friday, July 9, 2010
Gulliver's Travels
I really like Gulliver as a narrator. The reason for this is that I find him very reliable and trustworthy. During the first part, when he sends a letter to his cousin, he is not afraid to write about how his stories were told (or written in this case) incorrectly, by the fact that they took out what they thought was inappropriate at the time. He did not give in in order to write "what was best" politically at that time. Gulliver surely did not cross his arms and surrender to what he thought was not fair. Gulliver as a narrator is not afraid to say what is true; what is the current situation. I find that honesty and saying things as they are is very honorable of him. I also find him very courageous and brave; he is always trying to do good for others. I find him particularly similar to Oroonoko when he says that people shall "die rather than to break their eggs at the smaller end". Oroonoko says something really similar, which is that he prefers to die rather than to surrender to slavery. I find his courage and his honesty to be the factors that make him more reliable and trustworthy from my point of view.
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