I just need to scribble one more thing . . .

Well, what do you think of Pamela? and Pamela? Think about the character and the narrative technique. What works (is authentic) about the epistolary style, and what doesn't (is inauthentic)? Does the fact that the author is male and the protagonist female matter in our reading of the novel?

Pinning Down Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver is a misanthropist at the end of Gulliver's Travels, but do you think that is the only possible choice for him after his adventures? How would you think of yourself, do you think, if you reduced humanity and civilization to what he tells the Houyhnhnms and the others? And ultimately, how would you classify Gulliver's Travels? Is it strictly satire? is it psychological fiction? what???

Gulliver the Traveller

What have we learned about Gulliver in the first three books? How does he see himself and his relationship with his country? You can tell this by what he says about it and how he acts when he is there. Does he identify himself with Englishmen or with humans at all? Has he changed at all from Book I to Book III?