How does the setting ( The Land of the Houyhnhnms) relate to Swifts look at human nature? How does the way Gulliver’s character change contribute to his purpose? One of the most interesting questions about Gulliver’s Travels is whether the Houyhnhnms represent an ideal of rationality or whether they are the butt of Swift's satire. In other words, in Book IV, is Swift poking fun at the talking horses or does he intend for …showed first 75 words of 569 total…

…showed last 75 words of 569 total…Swift travels to four different foreign countries, each representing a corrupt part of England. Swift criticises the corruption of these parts, and focuses on the government, society, science, religion, and man. Not only does swift criticise the customs of each country, he mocks the naive man who has the inability to figure out the double meaning of things. Gulliver, being gullible himself, believes everything he is told, which symbolises the irony of the English system.