Gulliver's first adventure takes place in Lilliput. Gulliver swims to a foreign shore after his boat and rowboat capsize due to a fierce storm. Washed upon the shore, Gulliver finds himself tied to the grass surrounded by little bodied people called the Lilliputians. The Lilliputians stood no more than six inches high. During this time Swift recognized that England was also a kind of six inch being that had great influence in Europe. Swift wrote Gulliver's Travel's during a time when Europe was the worlds most dominant and influent

In chapter eight we see the Lilliputians turn on Gulliver for deceiving them in battle, and the utmost crime of urinating in public. The Lilliputians want to take Gulliver's eyesight, leaving him blind. Swift uses this portrayal of sight to acknowledge, without eyesight; the strongest of countries can be overturned. If Europe were to loose its eyesight on other countries in the world, they would be vulnerable to be overthrown. Even though the Lilliputians wanted to execute Gulliver it remains easy for him to talk his way out of the situation. This is true for the fact that Gulliver is a threat to their whole society, which they know. They let him escape because they would like to return to their normal society in which they built, and with Gulliver gone their bodily smallness is no longer a falsity in their society. Swift realizes that any country being threatened by a potentially dominating country will react in a way that that country no longer remains a threat to their society. The Lilliputians are content with their smallness, when Gulliver is not around because everything is relative when he is gone.

ial force. England, despite its small size, had the potential to defeat any nation that might try to conquer them. Swift relates this phenomenon to the small stature of the Lilliputians. They stood a mere six inches high but had the power to siege the mammoth Gulliver. The capability of a nation consisting of miniature people, who are able to capture someone ten-times their size can be seen as reinforcing the capability of a small nation, such as England, becoming and remaining a great power. Even though this is true, Swift entices a condescending tone to Gulliver's portrayal of the small Lilliputians, who easily fit into the hands of Gulliver, yet still manage to threaten his life.

Obviously we see that Swift has a fascination for bodily functions by his use of relating these bodily functions to social issues. Swift uses height, weight, length of hair, and eyesight to relate to the Europe audience, his social interest. Swift fascinates with these bodily functions for the simple fact that he directly tries to satire the European Government, which is, ran by people operated by bodil

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