I would guess they are a satire on countries who fight wars over petty reasons.
The Lilliputians shot arrows at Gulliver to defend themselves against what they perceived as a giant threat when Gulliver first awoke on their shores. They mistook him for a potential enemy and reacted aggressively out of fear and self-preservation.
A disagreement over which end you should open your eggs from. There were bigenders and littlenders.
which end of the egg to open: there were big enders and little enders.
Gulliver tied up those who tried to shoot arrows at him and threatened to crush them under his foot if they did not surrender.
The lilliputians called Gulliver "man-mountain."
The king of the Lilliputians in Gulliver's Travels is named King Liliput.
The lilliputians called Gulliver "man-mountain" because of his enormous size compared to them.
The Lilliputians decided to keep Gulliver because they saw him as a potential asset or ally in their political conflicts with the Blefuscudians. They believed that Gulliver's size and strength could be advantageous to them in the ongoing war.
The Lilliputians called Gulliver "Man-Mountain" due to his extraordinary size compared to them.
The Lilliputians took Gulliver's pocket watch and his sword.
In "Gulliver's Travels," Gulliver allows the Lilliputians to control him initially out of kindness and a desire to make peace, but later he realizes their oppressive nature and attempts to break free from their control. Ultimately, Gulliver's actions are driven by his changing perceptions of the Lilliputians and his own survival instincts.
Quinbus Flestrin is a pseudonym invented by Gulliver in "Gulliver's Travels" when he introduces himself to the Lilliputians. It is meant to sound grandiose and impressive to the Lilliputians, who are a tiny race of people, so they will perceive Gulliver as a person of importance and power.
He would assist the Lilliputians in times of war
his hat
In Jonathan Swift's novel "Gulliver's Travels," Lemuel Gulliver is given the title "Quinbus Flestrin" by the Lilliputians as part of their tradition of using a person's first and last names in reverse order as a mark of respect and politeness. So, Gulliver's name is transformed to "Quinbus Flestrin" in this manner by the Lilliputians.