Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

Swift used exaggeration, parody, and irony to satirize politics and the human nature. Blind adherence to traditions without reflection is what he criticizes through caricature. ⁤⁤In this way, in Lilliput, Gulliver becomes a giant in comparison with the locals who are used by Swift to emphasize their insignificance since they are hostile towards him. ⁤⁤It was during his time that governments from various regions in Laputa carried out unending wars ostensibly for religious reasons; this served as an opportunity for Swift to illustrate the foolishness of any conflict founded on religious fanaticism that is exploited for political ends. ⁤⁤Swift once termed humankind “the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth” ⁤⁤He could have done it in order to expose them and protect himself against them.