k on his most popular work, Gulliver's Travels.Gulliver's Travels is essentially a satire on the contradictions that occurred in the current English politics of the time. Gulliver is trying to justify these political ideas to the people that he meets on distant islands and the results are rather embarrassing for him. The book can also be seen as a parody on the pretensions of the literary travel/adventure genre, which was very popular at the time. The most extraordinary aspect of the book is the tension between its structural simplicity and its thematic ambiguity (McMinn 120). Critics still argue how to interpret the novel while many people read it just for the pleasure of the stories. After his two most famous works, Swift began a spiral into desolation in his later life.The final years of Swift's life were very depressing. He appeared less and less in public and many of his friends passed away. He constantly grew mentally and physically weaker, and upon his imminent death he was a bitter and cold man. His quiet latter years cannot disguise the impact of his extensive body of work, which had enormous effect in its present time and is still read today. His works remain popular satires, but they also make for amusing and entertaining stories when the context of the satire is detached. Many people today enjoy and look at Gulliver's Travels as a story for children, while many critics are still analyzing its many satirical implications. The many ways Swift's works can be still read and interpreted is another tribute to his accomplished writing style and form.Jonathan Swift spent his life exposing the corruption and the charlatans of society, but he did it in such an artistic and powerful way, that his works and thoughts are still imbedded in many people's minds today. Swift is a satirist who compels us, by the complexity and indirection of his ironic methods, to be alert and aware at every point (Williams 5). Ultimately, Swift's greatness l...
