Question

Read the passage.

From Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift This, however, is thought to be a mere strain upon the text, for the words are these: That all true believers shall break their eggs at the convenient end; and which is the convenient end, seems, in my humble opinion, to be left to every man’s conscience, or at least in the power of the chief magistrate to determine.
What behavior is Swift satirizing in this excerpt from Gulliver’s Travels?


A. the reasons people choose to enact new religious beliefs

B. the irrationality of people who hate each other because of religious differences

C. the logic people use to determine which variant of religion to practice

D. the foolishness of people who worship in ways that are different from each other

Answer 1

The behavior that Swift is satirizing in this excerpt from Gulliver’s Travels is "the irrationality of people who hate each other because of religious differences"

Step-by-step explanation:

When Swift talks about Gulliver's stories and how he describes the civilizations he has seen, he can not help it but to scuff at the conflicts they have towards each other and he gives little importance to the Lilliputian society and considers them inferior just by their size, he makes comments and comparisons about Blefuscu standing for France and Lilliput for England.