Even more than Gulliver's scimitar, the Lilliputians fear Gulliver due to his incredible size. They are only six inches tall, and Gulliver is about six feet tall; therefore, they are one twelfth of Gulliver's height, and it makes perfect sense that they would be absolutely terrified of him. Swift portrays such a fear as somewhat natural as, when Gulliver lands in Brobdingnag and sees the inhabitants there, he figures that they are about twelve times his size, just as he was twelve times the size of the Lilliputians. His first reaction to seeing such huge creatures is to fear that one of them will pick him up and dash him to the ground, just as Gulliver considered doing when he saw the Lilliputians.
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