s and we rarely see them outdoors. This is seen in Gulliver’s Travels throughout most of Part IV when Gulliver is stranded in the woods with the savages and the Houyhnhnms. In Pride and Prejudice the characters are always indoors and only once were they outdoors when they had a party for their daughter.3Gulliver’s first encounter with the Houyhnhnms is an uncivil one in such a way that the horse sees Gulliver and circles around him over and over again and stares at him to see what Gulliver’s reaction would be. Since Gulliver did not react violently the horse realized that Gulliver was a civil human being and would not harm him, “But this Animal seeming to receive my Civilities with Disdain, shook his Head, and bent his Brows, softly raising up his right Fore-foot to remove my hand.” . Perhaps civility is a human trait, one that covers the harsh acts that comes with human nature and the horse realizes that humans can be civilized. In Pride and Prejudice the horses are used as a means of transportation and are considered uncivilized mainly because they are not human beings. This is evident when Jane is invited to the home of Mr. Bingley. Her only means of transportation is the horse.Although both Pride and Prejudice and Gulliver’s Travels are two distinct novels, Gulliver from Gulliver’s Travels and Elizabeth from Pride and Prejudice both share the same traits; they do not realize the good in people until it is too late. In other words they are both prejudice. Gulliver was left to die on the island by the Mutinies. Before they left him on the island they searched his pockets for anything he had and even though they were performing one of the most despicable acts possible, Gulliver notes their civility. At the end of the voyage, Gulliver is rescued by a Portuguese captain(which had a bad reputation), His Name was Pedro de Mendez, he was a very courteous and generous Person; he entreated...
