This book is a satire . The characteristics of a satire include the...

This book is a satire. The characteristics of a satire include the use of exaggeration and distortion, especially the humorous use of exaggeration and distortion, to highlight human flaws so that readers see those flaws more clearly, laugh at them, and reject them in their lives.  With that definition in mind, choose any of the following moments from the assigned reading: 1. Any of the scenes that reference Gulliver going to the bathroom in Part I chapters 2 and 5 or the scene above from Part II in which Gulliver gets dropped in the bowl of cream.  Discuss how the definition of satire applies and reveals the scene to be satirical.  What aspects of human behavior does the book ask us to ridicule in this scene?