Swift Lilliput Satire
It's almost depressing recognizing the parallels between the rope dancing in Jonothan Swift's Gulliver's Travels and sports in our world. Gulliver's Travels is a collection of stories about the journeys of a man to different mysterious worlds and interactions with strange creatures. On one of these adventures, Gulliver finds himself in the world of Lilliput where everything is miniaturized. Lilliput is ruled by an emperor, has a government, and a complex society that is very similar to our own. Lilliput has differing political parties, a class system, and even a rival society that they actively fight against. From his place far above their world, Gulliver observes these traits and tries to make himself as useful as possible and even takes pride in being a high-ranking member of society. However we as the reader can see that this is nothing more than a grim allegory for real life. For example, the way that the Lilliputians are viewe...