at they have no concept of war. “He asked what business we had out of our own islands, unless upon the score of trade or treaty, or to defend the coasts with our fleets. Above all, he was amazed to hear me talk of a mercenary standing army in the midst of peace, and among a free people.” (Swift, 146) Along side this, the Brobdinnags were also presented as a pacifist nation. One can make this assumption through the reaction of the king when he is informed about guns, tools of destruction. “The king was struck with horror at the description of those terrible engines, and the proposal I had made.” (Swift, 150) Another noteworthy aspect of the these people is the fact that their government isn’t infested with corruption. “He could not tell what I meant by the secrets of state, where an enemy or some trivial nation were not in the case.” (Swift, 151) Adjacent to this great virtue of their government, there is also the fact that they have concise laws. Laws that are explained in terms that which all citizens can understand and only be one interpretation. “No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two and twenty.” (Swift, 151)The audience, through a basic understanding of this piece, can accept the fact that Gulliver’s Travels is a satire. Swift, through exposing fault, mocking it and suggesting an alternative, is a satirist. Restating the fact that a misanthrope cannot be a satirist, Swift is not a misanthrope....
