During Gulliver's first voyage he gets shipwrecked and upon waking up finds himself tied down by a large number of little people. These little people, who are about six inches tall, are called Lilliputians. At first Gulliver was seen as threat and was treated like a prisoner. With time, he becomes accepted by their community and learns about their lifestyle. What brings sorrow to Gulliver is that he begins to see the similarities between his home country of England and the personalities of the Lilliputians. The Lil

wift 25). To someone from the outside world this would look strange, but is was an accepted practice in Lilliput. This was a satire of the English government, who elected their ministers without regard to the candidate's qualifications for the position. Also similar to England, was the bickering between the Big-Endians and Little-Endians. It was no different than the arguments back in England between the Whigs and Tories.

"removed to the most distant Side of the Court, firmly resolved that those Buildings should never be prepared for her Use" (Swift 44). By writing this book that many English citizens would read, he was able to make fun of the queen when he came to her rescue by urinating on the palace.

Throughout the first book Swift uses satire to demonstrate his views of the English government. As we see these faults in the human character and the corruption of the moral character of the Lilliputians, they are compared to the English government at that time in history. Gulliver uses what he sees and learns in his adventure to make himself a better man

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