Gulliver`s Travels: the initial reason it was written

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The out come of a literary gamble, the satirical narrative Gulliver's Travels ` holds a mirror ' to the corruption present in 18th century English society, whilst satirising the Crusoesque travel literature popular at the time and exploring the contradictions of human nature. The initial aims of Gulliver's Travels, aside from satirising travel literature, were to expose and disparage the evils present in English society, moreover, Swift knew that the perfect format in which to satirise …

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…Travels ` holds a mirror ' to the corruption present in 18th century English society, whilst satirising the Crusoesque travel literature popular at the time and exploring the contradictions of human nature. The initial aims of Gulliver's Travels, aside from satirising travel literature, were to expose and disparage the evils present in English society, moreover, Swift knew that the perfect format in which to satirise the System was the detached form of an anonymous fictional tale.