The ministry οf higher and secοndary special educatiοN Οf the republic οf uzbekistan state university οf wοrld languages english translatiοn faculty №3 Course paper Theme: Jonathan Swift – his life and work. “Gulliver’s travels”

3. Developing one‟s own personality
After reading Guliver‟s Travel novel, the readers can develop their personality. Gulliver‟s has a good personality as he can live independently in some foreign island which he did not understand the language at all. The readers can learn from Gulliver story about how he can be survive and struggle for his life in his adventure. By reading this novel, the reader may change their personality and develop it to be better. They will act as the good person with good norms in the society, so everyone can help them even they are in an isolate place. It can be seen in the quotation ”…six of his majesty‟s greatest scholar‟s should be employed to instruct me in their language; and lastly, that the emperor‟s horses and those of the nobility and troops of guards, should be frequently exercised in my sight, to accustom themselves to me. All these orders were duly pit in execution; and in about three weeks I made a great progress in learning their language; during which time the emperor frequently honored me with his visits, and was pleased to assist my master in teaching me”. This quotes tells about the process of Gulliver learn a new language in a new place. This show how was he changed and deal with his life during his adventure. It can teach the reader to act as like Gulliver to develop their own personality and get motivation from this story.
4. Support for shapping someone‟s character
Literary work has another function in shaping character of the students. After reading the novel of Gulliver‟s Travel they can conclude about good or bad character issues. Gulliver has many good characteristics during his life, such as helping each other, respect, belief in god,etc. The students will take a lesson how to interact with others in a good way by having a good character. It can be seen from the quotation of moral value that found in this novel. It describes about moral value which tells by the author to the reader. Through reading this novel, the students or reader can gain the knowledge and take the good lesson from this novel.