descibe briefly the lilliputians methods of learning practise of the laws and customs and way of upbringing their children
Such questions are asked to help in building your writing as well as creative skills, hence an attempt at answering them on your own should be made. However, you can incorporate and elaborate upon the points mentioned below to form your own answer:
- Gulliver observes a lot of things about the Lilliputians, and tells the readers about the various customs, laws and practices of the land.
- In Lilliput, dishonesty and falsehood were deemed to be greater crimes, than theft and other things.
- If a person in Lilliput, accused another of something and is proven to be wrong, then the accuser is punished greatly, while the accused is rewarded.
- Children in Lilliput, are not raised by their parents but by the state.
- Children belonging to different hierarchical classes are taught differently.
- For example the children of nobility would be taught about things like justice, courage, honesty etc. while the lower classes would learn other things, pertaining to their particular standing in the society.