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    The document summarizes struggles for power portrayed in Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" through two opposing factions in the kingdom of Liliput, the Tramecksans (high heels) and Slamecksans (low heels) who despise each other. The author uses metaphors, similes and irony to depict these struggles. The story highlights the importance of unity, showing how the factions united to protect Liliput, relating this lesson to the value of unity within the Philippines as one nation.

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    The document summarizes struggles for power portrayed in Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" through two opposing factions in the kingdom of Liliput, the Tramecksans (high heels) and Slamecksans (low heels) who despise each other. The author uses metaphors, similes and irony to depict these struggles. The story highlights the importance of unity, showing how the factions united to protect Liliput, relating this lesson to the value of unity within the Philippines as one nation.

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    Arrel C1

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    The document summarizes struggles for power portrayed in Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" through two opposing factions in the kingdom of Liliput, the Tramecksans (high heels) and Slamecksans (low heels) who despise each other. The author uses metaphors, similes and irony to depict these struggles. The story highlights the importance of unity, showing how the factions united to protect Liliput, relating this lesson to the value of unity within the Philippines as one nation.

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    Arrel C.

    Gayeta
    III-Rainforest
    Topic : Struggles for Power in Jonathan s Swift Voyage to Liliput

    1. How does the author clearly show struggles for power in the novel ?
    "Mildendo, the metropolis of Lilliput, described, together with the emperor's palace. A conversation between the author and a
    principal secretary, concerning the affairs of that empire. The author's offers to serve the emperor in his wars.

    By identifying two factions, the Tramecksans are also called the "high heels" because
    they wear high-heeled shoes; the Slamecksans are the "low heels. The two parties
    hate each other so much that they can't eat, drink, or talk to each other.
    2. What are the literary devices used to portray these struggles?
    Metaphor , Simile and Irony.
    3. What is the significance of the story to the the value formation of Filipino
    readers?
    We know that many Filipino are loved to read in this novel the important thing is
    unity why? It is because the faction became one to protect the Liliput. And the
    Filipino have a unity with one nation.

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