This is to me one of the funniest parts of the story,
since Gulliver takes it very personal and is at his angriest. Basically Gulliver told
off his cousin. He was pretty upset because he claims that his cousin "sold him out" in
terms of embellishing and making up stories. He was mad also because he wanted to change
the world and its ruined behaviors in a period of seven months after his book got
published. Yet, the way that his cousin twisted the story led people to believe that the
world needed no fixing, that everything is OK and, as a result, his book became obsolete
and unnecessary. Nobody received the "enlightenment" that Gulliver intended to give, and
so for all the efforts that he went through he basically wasted his time. And its all
his cousin's fault.
When you have a chance, read the actual
text (linked below) because it is quite funny to even picture Gulliver expressing
himself this way.
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