It's interesting to read again a book that I first read as a teenager. Then I read it for the story, and completely missed the political satire. This time I appreciate the satire much more, and regret that I don't have a better knowledge of 18th century English politics and society, because I'm sure I've missed many of Swift's allusions. A lot of them could still be applied to today's society, I think.
It would be fun to write a modern version of Gulliver's travels, to question our own assumptions. Gulliver travels to Australia and is imprisoned as an 'illegal refugee'?
A new movie version of Gulliver's Travels has just been released. The reviews I've read have not been favorable, and I won't bother going to see it.
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