Gulliver's Travels exposes the interdependence between human and animal behavior. In these journeys, the word "human" does not necessarily belong to a certain species, but rather a characteristic of reason based on the social norms of a particular society. He also claims that animals lack reason and are therefore subjugated by those who have reason. Since Gulliver believes that humans are the only animals capable of reasoning, he sees humanity in the Houyhnhnms, who are governed entirely by reason, "for these noble Houyhnhnms are endowed by nature with a general disposition to all virtues and have no conception or idea.” of what is evil in a rational creature, their great maxim is therefore to cultivate Reason and to be entirely governed by it” (Jonathan Swift 315). Through the Houyhnhnms, Swift envisions a humanity free from conflict and difficulty; the universal use of reason is the means by which this can be achieved. Additionally, although horses are animals, they are also inherently human, a variation of human. Gulliver also tells similar stories in his adventures in the lands of the Lilliputians and Brobdingnagians. As mentioned previously, travelers are often met with condescending attitudes when encountered by a particular company. The traveler is domesticated and treated like an animal. This is the case of Gulliver in contact with various civilizations. Gulliver's first journey, to Lilliput, gives him animal characteristics through manipulation. He shows no apparent reason to think and act without the strong inclination of others. It becomes the ultimate weapon of the Lilliputians during the war, subordinate to their very commands. We can compare this dynamic to his English companion... middle of paper... a society that rejected him -- that for a year he couldn't stand being near his wife and children, and is therefore inclined to buy two horses and converse with them for four hours every day. Gulliver's Travels conveys the feeling of humanity and expresses it in forms that would otherwise have been assumed. It uses reason, or the logic of a society, and describes it as the division between what makes a human being and an animal. Gulliver sees that through this notion, contrary to his popular belief, he is the animal and that the societies he encounters during his travels are in themselves human. Ironically, his various travels showed that the Lilliputians, Brobdingnagians, Houyhhnms expressed the very principle to which he thought the individual arrived; however, he later learned that his very actions were the same as the animal behavior he avoided. on.