character sketch of laputans

Laputans are image of "disfigured humanity". They are human's in body and shape but are haphazard and disfigured. They have their heads inclined on one side in an angle, with one eye turned inward and another to the zenith. They also wear odd clothes with shapes of celestial bodies, geometric figures and musical instruments. The formation and clothing shows the rigidity and structured life of these people. Their eyes only have two perspectives, with on inward , they only see themselves and are selfish and ambitious. The second perspective is toward the zenith which gives them the vision of celestial bodies and helps them think. Often when men are thinking they tend to look upward to the zenith, these thoughts can be about anything, but Laputans can only think about themselves, with another eye looking inward. 

They have lost their natural beauties and abilities, that they now require flappers to hear other people. It shows a complete breakdown of community of human society and also shows the individualistic life of Laputans. who are always busy thinking alone. The rigid society of these people has no space for human joys and instincts but only rigid acceptance of science, math and music. it is a homogenous society where ever one is similar an lives robot like existence devoid of human emotions. They are absurdly ambitious and only think of science and arithmetic or the technicalities of music. even the music does not bring joy but is only studied. Sift has constructed a commercial,selfish, utilitarian and rudimentary human society to satirize the artificial ambition and development of the human civilization. He instigates the question that what is the use of single-minded advancement and ambition if humans have lost their "humanity"?

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