I chose this as a book to read with a student that I tutor. It was torturous. So although Swift is obviously making snarky social commentary, this didn't connect with my eleventh-grade student. It was a poor choice for a teaching tool.
I enjoyed the chapters on the Lilliputians and the Houyhnhnms better than the other chapters. The satire was more accessible. Oh! The Yahoos! Very funny.
"I should never have attempted so absurd a project as that of reforming the Yahoo race in this kingdom: But I have now done with all such visionary schemes forever." ( )

A classic, with 'Voyage to Laputa' being the chapter I presented to my classes on scientific cultures. ( )

Guliver odlazi u potragu za pustolovinama i nalazi zemlju o kakvoj nije ni sanjao. A sigurno nikada nije ni sreo ljude poput stanovnika Liliputa. Međutim, ni stanovnici Liliputa nikada nisu sreli čoveka nalik Guliveru...

Korak po korak je serijal namenjen deci koja stupaju u čarobni svet knjiga. Korak 2. donosi najpoznatija dela najboljih pisaca prilagođena deci i njihovim čitalačkim veštinama.

This is a great book about a man named Gulliver who shipwrecks into a town called Lilliput after his business fails. This book takes you along the long and crazy journey that Gulliver encounters during his time in Lilliput. This is a great book to read when talking about fantasy books/fairy tale books! You could use this book to give students inspiration, and you could turn this into a writer's workshop! The students can write about their own fantasy journey and share them with the class! ( )

I’ve been curious about this book for a long time—ever since I first heard about it, I think. Near the beginning of last year, I decided I ought to just start working through some of the old classics I’ve always wanted to read and never got to, and decided to start this one. This took me over a year to read by itself, so I’m not sure how well my goal of getting through other books is going to go…. Regardless, I’m glad I took the time to read this one.

Gulliver’s Travels is, to put it in a few words, wildly imaginative. All the way through, I was marveling at Jonathan Swift’s ability to come up with one more crazy scenario…which was then succeeded by another even crazier scenario, and then another one after that! The way he looks at the world, too, is quite interesting; in some ways, this book is a satirical analysis of the current English culture in which Swift found himself. I’d be fascinated to research what was going on in history at the time this book was written, because I feel like world events could have easily had a say in what happened in this story.

I’m glad I read this book. It’s interesting to read a piece of literature that has been influencing generations for close to 300 years now, and I’m sure some of the ideas put forth in this story have sparked many new creative ideas for other stories we come across today. Unusual, varying from light fantasy to some mild sci-fi, this collection of four stories was intriguing, ridiculous, and often a lot of fun to imagine as I read through them. I’m glad I read this book, even though it took me so long to get through it, was wordier than I anticipated, and was slightly depressing at the end. I doubt I’d ever read it again, but I’m glad I got through it once. ( )