Gulliver's Travels

gulliver's travels

Much of Part 3, Chapter 6, talks about Gulliver's encounter with a doctor who is full of ideas. One idea is that in order to cure the woes of the government, the people in the government must be seen to and whenever the people are healed, the politics and government will be healed. Gulliver thinks that that is a valid idea. Do you think that it was? Why or why not? Is such an idea still applicable in today's society?

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Yes, focusing on the people at first seems like it would have been a good idea then and still would be a good idea in modern times. Happy, healthy people are much more capable of learning, growing and making informed decisions about their government. So, they would be much more likely to elect or become efficient government officials.