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Although it appears simple and straightforward on the surface, a mere travelogue intended solely for the amusement of children, , by Jonathan Swift, proves, upon closer examination, to be a critical and insightful work satirizing the political and social systems o ....

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.... to Lilliput", when Gulliver finds himself lost in a world one-twelfth the size of his own, he proves himself to be quite naive and impressionable. Although he is simply too large to perceive them in detail, Gulliver judges the country's inhabitants he meets to be as perfect and innocent as their toylike appearances. He refers to the Lilliputian emperor, a being not even six inches high, as “His Imperial Majesty” and blindly agrees to perform any demanded service, even though he could easily overpower the tiny nation. It is only after his services have been exploited and himself banished that Gulliver realizes how cruel and deceitful the Lil ....