Book review on Gulliver's Travels

Title: Gulliver's Travels
Author: Jonathan Swift

Lemuel Gulliver is an educated and trained surgeon. The first time he left, he met a horrible weather and was stuck on an island called Lilliput. When he woke up, he was tied down to the ground by thousands of tiny people called Lilliputians. After being asked many questions, Gulliver was commended and named as an honorable man at Lilliput. However, after several years there, he was forced to flee the land, thus he returned to England.

Soon after his wife and children had seen him, Gulliver set sail again. This time, he is shipwrecked on the big land of Brobdingnag, an opposite world from Lilliput. In this country, Gulliver is like the Lilliputian and everyone is a giant to him.

After travelling to these 2 countries, Gulliver discovers the wonderful nature of human beings, both physically and spiritually. Returning to England once again, nobody believes his stories until Gulliver presents souvenirs from the land, they believed him and commended him on his journeys. And so on, he travelled to other countries.

For the last time, he leaves his home to explore the world. This time, he was all on his own. He eventually found land and saw nothing but the footsteps of some humans, cows, and many horses. He met the Houyhnhnms and Yahoos. The Houyhnhnm were the superior ruling class species of the land and are the splitting images of horses, while the Yahoos are the inferior brutal servants to the horses and bear the image of a human. The Houyhnhnms see Gulliver as just another Yahoo, until one of them took Gulliver under his tutelage and learnt about his culture. However, the Assembly of Houyhnhnms soon wanted Gulliver off the land, for he was too similar to a Yahoo to continue living as an equal. Gulliver is heartbroken, but abides by their rules and regulations.

After four years with the Houyhnhnms, Gulliver returned to England. His family assumed he was dead and was shocked to see him. Gulliver has since picked up the gait of a horse and finds all humans detestable beings, especially his family. His time at Houyhnhnm altered his perspective of society forever, leaving him unhappy in Europe. He eventually re-accustoms himself to life in England, but buys two horses to keep as companions.