What is the profession of Lemuel Gulliver, the narrator of Swift's Gulliver's Travels?

In Gulliver's Travels, the character of Lemuel Gulliver concerns an average man of the middle class who possesses a keen curiosity and a facility with languages. His courage and resourcefulness allow him to survive the challenges of his voyages, but Swift also pokes fun at Gulliver’s inability to see his own flaws and those around him.

Lemuel Gulliver in his professional life is firstly and fundamentally a surgeon. And, he is also the narrator of travel adventures. His key purpose is to satirize the pretentious actions and follies of human beings. Gulliver is seen as an ordinary man, capable of making close observations. He has a deceptively matter-of-fact way to report facts in great detail and to make them believable and readable a scathing political and social satire.