As I read chapters VII IX and X of Gulliver's Travlels, all I kept thinking was how dominated Gulliver was by his master. Gulliver should have been troubled by the state of his fellow humans in that remote island. Instead, he not only starts to think they are inferior to him, but he also begins to hate his own race. As benevolent as the Houyhnhnms might be, he shouldn't forsake his own people. He should have been a liberator, freeing the Yahoos from their cages.
Another thing which I find curious is the Houyhnhnms philosophy. "Friendship and benevolence are the two principal virtues among the Houyhnhnms; and these not confined to particular objects, but universal to the whole race." Although this is what they believe and although it is a big part of their daily conversation, this train of thought is very hypocritical. Not only do they have an entire race enslaved under horrible conditions, but they also hold the majority of their own species in servitude. That doesn't sound very friendly or benevolent to me. Benevolence certainly isn't holding conferences in which they talk about whether to exterminate the Yahoos.
To go back to my point about Gulliver being dominated by his master, I also want to talk about what this means. Swift shows a lot of resentment to humanity. We may be fowl creatures that deceive and do all types of horrible things, but we do not by any means, deserve what Gulliver feels and does.
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