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From Gulliver’s perspective, the Lilliputians’ deep channel is just a little stream and an intimidating battle is just a matter of pulling a few toy boats across the water. Still, the Lilliputians are overjoyed by Gulliver’s performance. The nardac award honors Gulliver as societal hero and affirms his physical power is an asset to the Lilliputian state. Gulliver privileges moral power (humaneness) over physical power (Lilliputian dominance). Yet the emperor’s reaction to Gulliver shows he does not share Gulliver’s perspective. From the Blefuscans’ perspective, Gulliver is not an enemy—he was simply carrying out the will of the Lilliputian emperor. Gulliver likewise sees the Blefuscans as potential new friends. Yet the Lilliputian state sees these two perspectives as a problem. It might be a sign, their rumor suggests, that Gulliver’s allegiance to Lilliput is not “true.” The symbol of excrement recurs, and again challenges propriety. Gulliver’s action is either heroic or treacherous, depending on the perspective from which it’s viewed. On the one hand, his urine saved the palace from burning to the ground. On the other hand, his urine befouled the palace and represented a tremendous disrespect.