斯威夫特一生创作出较多作品,最有名的作品当属一些具有讽刺意味的文章或诗。《一个木桶的故事》是斯威夫特创作的第一部成功的作品,创作于1669年,该作品主要对英国社会存在的国教、天主教等教派进行讽刺;而其后期创作的《一个温和的建议》也是一部讽刺小说,主要对英国社会奴役和剥削爱尔兰人的行为进行批判。由此可知,作者在长期的创作中积累下的讽刺技术也成功地应用在《格列佛游记》中,并且讽刺手法在该作品中体现得更加突出和具体。 Swift has created more works throughout his life. The best-known works belong to some ironic articles or poems. The story of a barrel is the first successful work by Swift and was written in 1669. It mainly satirizes the Protestant, Catholic and other denominations in British society. The later creation, "A Moderate The Proposal is also a satirical novel that mainly criticizes British society for slavery and exploitation of Irish people. It can be seen from this that the satirical techniques accumulated by the author in long-term creations have also been successfully applied to the Gulliver’s Travels, and the satirical techniques have become more prominent and concrete in this work.