Pride theme essay In both books were does it show pride theme? In the first book, When the Lilliputians empower requests that Gulliver serve as a kind of makeshift Arch of Triumph for the troops to pass under. Another example of the Lilliputians pride is that the Lilliputians are a symbolism of pride, they have the need to show there respective to the Glover. The Lilliputians, despite their small size, wield considerable power over Gulliver, taking advantage of his well-meaning, non-aggressive, and gullible nature to attack him with arrows, hold him prisoner, and finally try to entrap him through treachery. Also he Lilliputians are proud of their military capability, although if Gulliver-sized human beings launched an invasion they would be