The correct answer is People are often petty, combative, and self-important.
The novel Gulliver's Travels is a satire of society written by Jonathan Swift. By describing the fictitious countries and societies where Gulliver ends up during his voyages, Swift attacks human nature and its pettiness.
The little people - in whose land Gulliver is considered a giant because of his size -, for instance, worry about small things that should carry no importance such as what side of the egg should be broken first. They are constantly trying to display authority and power, even though Gulliver's size scares them.
On the other hand, when Gulliver ends up on a different land and he is found by a 70-foot-tall man, he becomes an attraction. Gulliver is treated as something to be put on exhibition at first, and then as a pet. The fact that he is a human being is obliterated by his size.
Gulliver himself becomes a satire of how self-important people can be. After his last voyage, when he met a race of intelligent talking horses and unintelligent deformed humans (the Yahoos), Gulliver believes he's somehow better than the rest. Even upon his return home, he chooses to live away from other humans.