Gulliver is accused of having an affair with the chief minister's wife. An accusation he totally denies.
and the Court-Scandal ran for some time, that she once came privately to my lodging. This I solemnly declare to be a most infamous falsehood,.
It seems very ironic that Gulliver takes this accusation so seriously. We as reader's see the biological impossibility of such an affair ever taking place. .
Gulliver has at this stage in the book developed no sense of critical awareness towards the society of the Lilleputians. Only when he himself is informed of a design to accuse him of high treason does he escape to Blefuscu. He is forced to run away to protect his own safety and for the first time he becomes aware of the limitations concerning the values of the Lilleputians. .
In his second journey Gulliver discovers Brobdingnag, a country of giants. The idea of a giant is often associated with pride, brutality and wickedness.8 Before Gulliver is caught he is clearly afraid of what might happen to him. .
For, as human Creatures are observed to be more savage and cruel in Proportion to their bulk, what could I expect but to be a Morsel in the Mouth of the first among these enormous Barbarians that should happen to seize me?.
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But the Brobdingnagians turn out to be everything else than what he expects . Gulliver seems in the beginning happily content with the way he is treated by his new master, the farmer, and even expresses a sincere gratitude towards the farmer's daughter.
And I should be guilty of great ingratitude if I omitted this honourable Mention of Care and Affection towards me, which I heartily wish it lay in my Power to requite as she deserves. .
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We as readers may think Gulliver is rather naiv to make such a statement, seeing the resemblance in his treatment to that of a baby doll. We may also be surprised at the way Gulliver takes no offence at the way he is on display as an attraction in the market, like an imprisoned circus animal.