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This mark of immortality, positioned as it is next to the eyebrow, strongly resembles an eye. Indeed, immortality would make one “see” things differently, would greatly alter one’s perspective. Gulliver’s rhapsody demonstrates the European perspective that considers death to be the greatest evil and longs for immortality above all things. The fact that Luggnagg possesses immortal individuals makes it seem like an ideal society to Gulliver and he is eager to become a part of it. Because the Luggnaggians have the knowledge of first-hand experience with immortals, they possess an entirely different perspective on immortality than Gulliver does. Indeed, they recognize that the very thing European society longs for (immortality) is in actuality a tremendous hindrance and burden to society. Thus the immortal struldbrugs have to be legally excluded from society (considered dead) at a certain point to limit the social damage they might cause.