by Jonathan Swift

Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift is best remembered for his cutting satire of humanity, Gulliver's Travels. This site offers the entire text of the work, plus images, quotes, and an annotated dictionary. Check out the firsts link for a list of terms and concepts that Gulliver's Travels introduced to English culture. Then write a scene for a modern-day Gulliver's Travels using words or phrases that you invent to describe characters or situations.

Satire
Visit this Web page for an overview of satire through the ages and learn how writers from Horace to Solzhenitsyn used incisive wit to battle injustices and ignorance. Do you think satire is an effective form of criticism? Are there people, institutions, or anything else that should be declared "off limits" to satirical attack? Who would you consider to be today's satirists? Discuss your opinions with your classmates.