niards" (P192). Here we can see that it is the desire of man to do unjust things and these actions do no lie within the concept of a species that truly understand reason. After his crew drops him off, he is first faced with the prospect of not being able to survive in this island to which he has no ideas is located within the world. After his experience with the group of yahoo's in the jungle he is perplexed because he has never seen this type of animal before. His overall impression of them are that of disgust and fear. As he ventures further, he then discovers the creature that will forever change his life. He first encounter with the Houyhnhnm can be characterized as ignorance. As he first gazes upon the horse like creatures he state that "they are so rational, so acute and judicious, that I at last concluded, they must needs be Magicians."(P195) that we see the ignorance of man come into light. We must immediately ask ourselves the questions that if man is a creature who can practice reason, then why is it that no other creature can when the idea and practice of reason cannot only lye within the reaches of man. As his two new associates guide him to the small village of the Houyhnhnms he begins to view and assimilate all he can about the culture and customs of this new race of beings that he has discovered. The Houyhnhnms, through the master also began to do the same for they are very confused as to how a Yahoo can obtain such a vast knowledge of speech, language and gentle interaction. One of the first things that confused Gulliver as well as myself is the inability of the Houyhnhnms to tell a falsehood and "have no word in their language to express lying or falsehood" (P. 209) I guess that there is a kind of ignorance that is perpetuated between Gulliver and his Master about the extent and the abilities of all creatures of the world. This is clearly expressed in the many conversations about the concepts of how they and ...
