Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

Satire has been present in English literature since long time ago when Aristophanes used plays to ridicule political leaders. Literature includes all the eras of satirical works for example the “Canterbury Tales" and The Rope of the Lock  by Alexander Pope .Specialists commented Satire refers of making fun of a human weakness or character flaw, In addition   “is a powerful art form which has the ability to point out the deficiencies in certain human behaviors and the social issues which result from them in such a way that they become absurd,".

Swift´s intention was attack modernity , he concerned the increased of Europe through the world , the growing focus on money for fulfilling in life some satirical techniques he used were : Reductionism , took big problems and reduced them in small ones for example how foolish and pretty look the Lilliputions during the battle with the neighboring country ,meant reduced the problems of European colonization of the world in the microcosm . Absurdism was presented from the beginning to end, for example when Gulliver was tied up by the little Lilliputians and also when was transported in a doll house in Brobdingnag, Exaggeration   Houyhnhnms are rational horses and their servants are Yahoos who are presented as human beings. The difference between Yahoos and Houyhnhnms allows Swift to criticize the nature of man more closely than in any other voyage.Name calling : about the Houyhnhnms’ indistinct personalities and about how they are the only social group that Gulliver encounters who do not have proper names.