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Because Gulliver doesn’t share the Laputians’ obsession with abstract knowledge and theory, he is excluded from their inner circle and can connect only with society’s outcasts who lack the same knowledge he lacks. This exchange sets up an interesting play of perspectives, triangulating the Lagadans’ perspective against Gulliver’s and Munodi’s along with the reader’s perspective itself. In this kingdom, the English reader’s own views and values are spurned and considered worthless by most of the kingdom’s population. Munodi’s account speaks to the power of perspective, showing how the value system contained within a certain perspective can stay strong even in the face of evidence that seems to contradict it. Thus, the people around Munodi remain convinced that their abstract theories are superior to Munodi’s ways, even though their theories are crippling their society and wreaking havoc while his traditional practices are yielding good results.