and sensible and based on science, is also a world based on passion and animosity and on the venting of animal-like emotions that are inherently wild and untamed.
Swift (1960) takes the view of human nature in which he downplays scientific reasoning. He strikes a note of contempt by his imagery of dwarfs and giants, who are little more than symbols used to satirize manÆs own petty or self-aggrandizing behaviors. You see the pettiness and the cruelty of the Lilliputians who want to conquer an empire that is defended by toy ships. This is SwiftÆs reference to the military issues of his era and by using such images he is asking the reader to look with contempt at statesmen and warriors and their pretensions (Stephen, 1968).
The quarrels of this book depend upon the difference between high-boots and low-heeled shoes or whether it is appropriate to break eggs at the big or the small end. The party intrigues that are settled by cutting capers on a tightrope are used by Swift (1960) to ridicule the political and religious parties of his era. Stephen states that:
SwiftÆs satire is congenial to the mental attitude of all who have persuaded themselves that men are, in fact,
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