Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift was born 30 November 1667 in Dublin Ireland, he was an satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet and cleric. He belonged to an Anglo-Irish family. But he suffered from many diseases, one of them: Menier's; what made him suffer from inner ear & dizziness, vertigo, nausea and hearing lose. He died in 19 October 1745 and is buried in St. Patrick's Cathedral.

Estela: "Stela" was a very important character in his life. He was in love with her thus, he wrote the "Journals for Stela".  Of his works: Gulliver's Travels, Drapier's  Letters and A Tale of Tub. 

A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland Being a Burden on Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick is a book where Swift mocks of poor people & Irish policy. In the 18th Century economics were terrible and government treated people as commodities. In this book the writer uses language which would be used for animals.

Another very remarkable book is the "Gulliver's Travels". Where he narrates the story of a man who travels through unknown places and lives lots of adventures. The book is divided in Chapters which are the places he visit.