of them only filled him with hatred, disgust and contempt."(P.253) You would ask yourself why a person would react that way to his wife and children with whom he has not seen in over 5 years. This is clearly due to the affect that the Houyhnhnms society has had on him. You would think that one would fight such feelings of disagreement but we must keep in mind that Gulliver has "seen the light" and cannot change the truths that have been cast upon him. At the end of the story we can see Gulliver extending his mind just a little towards his wife and kid by letting them "sit at a dinner table with me"(P. 259) is he coming back to the realities of the modern yahoo? I think not. I just think he is trying to be a little more polite and empathetic to their needs. As Gulliver goes on with his life he becomes dedicated to real truth and justice and writes and speaks about it whenever he can. Maybe this is the best thing that could have ever happened to him and the world as a whole.In conclusion, we can ask ourselves the question one more time. What is Gulliver's Travels about? I think it is about finding the true meaning of life and understanding what good and evil really is. By taking a more simplified look at all things around us and asking ourselves if what we see truly exemplifies justice and purity. By looking around us and seeing if we practice completely the virtues of benevolence and friendship? If we truly understand and practice reason in all forms? If we truly do understand reason and practiced it we would not conspire to steal our neighbors land or overpower the weak. The actions of war, rape, homosexuality, theft, bribery, greed and all other sorts of evil are not the ways of a species that practice and truly understand what reason is and how it relates to our humanity. We as humans would be clear and truly understand and practice just morality, ethics, and it would show in our modern day society. I also think that i...
