Gulliver's Travels

How is Gulliver able to save himself?

Gulliver struggles to get loose and finally succeds in breaking the strings binding his left arm .He loosens the ropes tying his hair so he can turn to left .In response ,the little people fire a volley of arrows into his hand and violently attack his body and face . He decides that the safest thing to do is to lie still until night fall .

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Gulliver saves himself by cooperating and refusing to take advantage of the Lilliputians' size. There is no question that he could have smashed them all to pieces if he'd wanted to, but he didn't. He chose to befriend the Lilliputians and show he wasn't hostile instead.

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Gulliver's Travels