Gulliver's Travels highlights the interdependence between human and animalistic behaviors. In these journeys the word “human” does not necessarily belong to a particular species, but is rather a characteristic of reason based on the social norms of a particular society. He also states that animals are devoid of reason and therefore are subjugated by those who have reason. Since Gulliver believes that humans are the only animals capable of reason, he sees humanity in the Houyhnhnms, who are completely governed by reason, "for these noble Houyhnhnms are endowed by Nature with a general disposition to all virtues, and have no conceptions or ideas of what is evil in a rational creature, therefore their great maxim is, to cultivate Reason and be thoroughly governed by it,” (Jonathan Swift 315). Through the Houyhnhnms, Swift imagines a humanity free from conflict and difficulty; the universal use of reason is the vehicle through which this can be achieved. Furthermore, although horses are animals, they are also inherently human, a variant of humans. Gulliver also tells similar stories in his adventures in the lands of the Lilliputians and Brobdingnagians. As mentioned, travelers often encounter condescending attitudes when encountering a particular company. The traveler is domesticated and treated like an animal. This is the case of Gulliver in his contact with various civilizations. Gulliver's first journey, to Lilliput, gives him animal characteristics through manipulation. He shows no apparent logic to think and act without the strong inclination of others. It becomes the Lilliputians' ultimate weapon during the war, subordinate to their own commands. One can compare this dynamic to his English partner... middle of paper... a society that has rejected him - who for a year cannot bear to be near his wife and children, and therefore is inclined to buy two horses and converses with them for four hours every day. Gulliver's Travels conveys the sense 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 the societies he encounters in his travels are inherently human. Ironically, his various travels demonstrated that the Lilliputians, the Brobdingnagians, the Houyhhnms expressed the very principle which he believed the individual had achieved; however, he later learned that his own actions were the same as the animalistic behavior he avoided. on.