Lilliputians In Gulliver's Travels

The Lilliputians little men who carry human traits but only grow to become six inches tall. The Lilliputians are mean and nasty people and Swift uses them to mock specific events and people in his life. Swift uses the Lilliputians in Gulliver’s Travels to show that English politicians were truly terrible people.

The emperor of Lilliput plans to blind and starve Gulliver out of mercy. I feel like in the beginning of the book they were enemies and never got along. However I had a feeling by the end that would change. The Lilliputians gave Gulliver a chance and they saw who he really was and they let him go because they realized what they were doing was wrong.

At the start of the book, the Lilliputians looked at Gulliver like he was an enemy.

They didn’t know who he was or where he was from. They were just trying to protect themselves and until they realized he wasn’t a threat, he was treated like a prisoner. At first, I disagreed with their decisions because Gulliver was a harmless man but as things went on I didn’t blame them for doing the things that they did.

I believe that Jonathan Swift wanted the readers to feel that even though the Lilliputians were different, they are still people. They also obtained human traits and feelings, even though they had their differences. I believe Swift wanted to get the message across to not judge a book by its cover. The Lilliputians didn't know Gulliver so they kept him captive but when they realized who he really was they trusted him enough to release him.

By the end of Book I, Swift has drawn a brilliant, concrete, and detailed contrast between the normal man (Gulliver) and the diminutive but vicious politician (the Lilliputian). The politician is always a midget alongside Gulliver. Swift portrayed that size and looks doesn't matter when it come to people because everyone is human.