Swift's Changes

First of all, I must say that I sort of feel bad about my past blog because of what I read in this chapter...I had said that he doesn't describe the Lilliputian culture and ways of living, and this entire chapter explains how this weird kingdom lives. However it explains it with the absurdity of always. Their ways of living are "weird" because they don't match ours, but I think that Swift is trying to show how he thinks European countries should handle their laws and cultures. Maybe that's why he directs our attention to characteristic of these weird cultures that at first seem unimportant or weird, and doesn't talk much about things that we consider more normal and worth more talking. Gulliver may represent Swift, and his time spent in Lilliput makes a lot of changes, just like Swift wants to change the culture and the way of living, as well as the laws of Europe using that text. Swift mocks a lot of stuff from the European culture, or mankind in general. But he also suggests lots of changes, and I think what he wants is to promote those changes using his books, just like Gulliver's Travels.