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Gulliver's Travels Societies
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Luggnagg
A society where Gulliver encounters the Struldbrugs, immortals who never die but continue to age; satirizes the human desire for eternal life without considering its ramifications.
Brobdingnag
A land of giants that emphasizes the vulgarity and crudeness of human beings when examined up close.
Glubbdubdrib
An island of sorcerers and magicians where the dead can be summoned; highlights the folly of living in the past and the selective nature of historical understanding.
The Country of the Yahoos
A brutish, bestial representation of humanity at its worst, contrasted with the Houyhnhnms to criticize human faults and vices.
Lilliput
A society of tiny people where Gulliver first lands; satirizes political pettiness and the trivial nature of human disputes.
Laputa
A floating island governed by absurdly impractical academics; a satire on the detachment of intellectuals and the ridiculousness of theoretical knowledge without practical application.
Balnibarbi
The land beneath Laputa, suffering from neglect due to the impractical experiments of its rulers; mocks the consequences of irresponsible and out-of-touch governance.
Houyhnhnmland
A country ruled by rational horses (Houyhnhnms); represents an ideal of rationalism and reason, but also satirizes the notion that human society could be perfectly rational.
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