Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's travels

What is the meaning of the phrase 'I was taught to imitate a national creature'?

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Houyhnhnms are a race of intelligent enlightened horses. They want to know how a human like Gulliver was taught to be a rational creature. The Houyhnhnms are used to their humans, yahoos, as being savage and unintelligent.