A Book Review of Gulliver’s Travels

Abstract

This paper is to give a review of a classic story, Gulliver’s Travels. Gulliver’s Travels is a novel and also a satire written by Jonathan Swift and this version is from the Oxford Bookworms Library printed in 2008. The theme of the book is about the journey of Gulliver, a well-educated man from a rich family. He reached many countries within his four voyages and he encountered countless strange and dangerous events. The journeys brought him introspection and sometimes influenced his beliefs. This paper will illustrate human’s jealousy, human’s greed and national pride depicted in the story in relation to Gulliver’s changes at the end of the story.

此文章是《格列佛遊記》的心得報告。這經典的著作不僅是喬納森·斯威夫特所寫的小說，同時也是帶有諷刺意味的作品。而此文章是根據「牛津書蟲系列」於2008年出版的版本來寫成的。格列佛來自中產家庭，接受過良好的教育，書中描繪了他在航海的遭遇和冒險。他航海四次，遊歷各國，面臨過種種困境。經歷過這一切，他開始覺得自己需要反省，有時候這些感受還會對他的信仰帶來衝擊。這報告闡述了故事中人類的嫉妒、貪婪和民族自豪感，而這些都跟格列佛在結局時的改變有所關連。