gullivers travels help. plz help me. :(?

Question

What point is Swift attempting to make with these final chapters and how does it serve to conclude, not just the fourth book, but the entire novel?

OK first of all, can anyone explain the Q to me?? and then explain to me the answer.

and plz none of those " do your own homework " comments. because this isnt homework. its like a volunteer book reading kind of thing. and i cant figure out the discussion questions.

Answer 1

In the final chapters, Gulliver is repulsed by humans and lives a secluded life with as little human contact as possible.

That is a final comment on what Swift things of the society of his time. Every book, not only the fourth, criticizes English society in some way - have a look. (Pay particular attention to Gulliver's discussions with the rulers/important people in the various countries - when he is explaining England to them, there's usually something they find repulsive, and when they explain their society, there's always something he finds remarkable and admires greatly. These are not the only places where his criticism shows, though.) Of course, the crassest example is the comparison between the intelligent horse-people and the human-like yahoos in the last book.

Gulliver's turning away from human society entirely at the end is the logical consequence of what he's learned on his journeys - in a nutshell "people like us (or rather, like he used to be and most still are) suck".

Hope this helps. :)