Jonathan Swift a satirist

Jonathan Swift a satirist 

        Swift was born in a poor family having his mother or his sister as his father die seven months before his birth with regarding to swift’s childhood we don’t have much information. For ex- in 1673, swift attended the grammar school where in he developed the interest of studying literature. In the year 1682, he entered the college and was honored the degree of B.A. He latter on become a secretary for Sir William Temble. In the year 1692, he received in M.A and in 1702 he received the degree of a doctor.

His career

     From 1689 to 1694 was employed as a secretary in England. Later in the year 1699 he throughout all this time and especially often the year 1713 wherein he contrived writes satire in the form of both prose and poetry. This themes basically were different causes with regarded to politics, religion and civic.

 Major literary works

     Between the year 1696 and 1699 he wrote two major works “Tale of tub” and “Battle of books”. In the “Tale of a tub”, he defined the position of the Anglican churches and in “Battle of book”, he wrote about the ancient against moderns. In the year 1740, he continued to satire religion views and questions the process of knowledge acquisition in “The mechanical operation of the swift” In “Argument again abolishing Christianity” swift-talks about his reaction to the “Test act”. In his famous work “A modest proposal”(1729) he wrote about a reaction against the English commercial practices against tread. This is supposed to be one of his best works. In his next work, “The Draper’s letters” swift continued writing for the lives of their suppression by England. They were opposed greatly by the English people and for Treland. He becomes a national hero, this most famous book “Gulliver’s Travels” in the year 1726. He represents a satire on all aspects of humanity by kind into the weakness, views and flies in all human beings, “Gulliver’s Travels” basically adventure story involving several voyages of haul Gulliver, who because of his direction island living with people of unusual sizes, behaviors and philosophies. Book basically divided into four parts with each part lacing about a journey. It is a land mark satire on the English people and political system.

      It was in the year 1727 that he visited England for the last time and died in the year 1745 leaving all this belongings to charity.