Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver thinks the people of the place to be a race of mortals singularly unique on the account of their shapes, habit and countenances. Do you think he is right? Give instances from the text to support your answer.

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If you are referring to the people of Lilliput, they certainly would be unique. They are tiny and have the strangest social construct.  The emperor decides to entertain Gulliver by showing him a tradition of the court in which candidates for an open position of honor compete by walking to the middle of a string or tight-rope that is suspended two-and-a-half feet above the ground. They jump as high as they are able. "Whoever jumps the highest without falling succeeds in the Office." Gulliver tells the reader that very often these competitors are injured or fall to their death.By describing a society that chooses its highest officials with silly competitions like seeing who can jump the highest on a tight-rope, Swift is poking fun at the way officials are chosen in England. 

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