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Book 1, Chapter 1
Explanation and Analysis—Lemuel Gulliver:
Although Jonathan Swift takes great pains throughout Gulliver's Travels to establish his protagonist as an honest and trustworthy individual, it becomes clear over the course of the novel that Gulliver is actually a very unreliable narrator.
In Book 1, Chapter 1, Gulliver describes himself as an honest man, a trait that is apparently uncommon among professional surgeons:
[M]y Business began to fail; for my Conscience would not suffer me to imitate the bad Practice of too many among my Brethren.
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Book 4, Chapter 12
Explanation and Analysis—Lemuel Gulliver:
Although Jonathan Swift takes great pains throughout Gulliver's Travels to establish his protagonist as an honest and trustworthy individual, it becomes clear over the course of the novel that Gulliver is actually a very unreliable narrator.
In Book 1, Chapter 1, Gulliver describes himself as an honest man, a trait that is apparently uncommon among professional surgeons:
Unlock with LitCharts A+[M]y Business began to fail; for my Conscience would not suffer me to imitate the bad Practice of too many among my Brethren.
Related Themes:
