yahoos" (P. 240)As the five years past that Gulliver is on the island and living in the company of the Houyhnhnms, he transforms his thought concept and overall way of viewing life. Gulliver describes his live as "enjoying health of body, and tranquility of mind; I did not feel the treachery or inconsistency of a friend, nor the injuries of a secret or open enemy. (p. 241) He also goes on to say that there was no kind or person to destroy or ruin his fortune in his presence. Now we must remember that the Houyhnhnms view the yahoo's as a savage creature and have placed Gulliver in this category. Even though they do not treat him as one, they do view him as one based on all of the information that was provided to them by Gulliver and reaffirmed by their experiences with the native yahoo. How could Gulliver feel the way he feels in this society? The only conclusion I can come to be that he is truly in the presence of a great society that does not judge but draws conclusions based on factual information. They know his race but gives Gulliver that opportunity to express himself and judges him basis his actions and not the actions of his fellow yahoos. These actions can clearly be labeled as a society of friendship and benevolence. The history that Gulliver tells his Master is of total difference as to how they interact with a new species. The humans (Yahoos) kill and enslave the weak and those to which they do not know but the Houyhnhnms embraced Gulliver and learned all they could from him and taught them all they could about themselves, their culture and overall way of living. They did not enslave or kill him nor did they ever conspire to do so. They did not do this even as he explained to him that their kind (horses) where used to till land, transport yahoos from one place to another and were even castrated. How can a person or species be so open minded and giving to a person who has treated "their kind" with such disgrace? This ...
