# Swift — Heretics character guide

> Swift in Heretics by G. K. Chesterton.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-heretics

## Who they are

Jonathan Swift, satirist and author of Gulliver's Travels, cited for his irony.

## In the story

### [XVI: On Mr. McCabe and a Divine Frivolity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/heretics_se/chapters/xvi-on-mr-mccabe-and-a-divine-frivolity)

Mentioned as an example of someone whose humorous method (in Gulliver) does not detract from the sincerity of his pessimistic message.

### [XVII: On the Wit of Whistler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/heretics_se/chapters/xvii-on-the-wit-of-whistler)

Cited as a type of satirist driven by bitter indignation, unlike Whistler.

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