gullivers travels?

Question

What is the purpose of the Flapper? What does this indicate about the Laputan mindset?

Answer 1

Simply put ..........attention getters with a whack!

Gulliver learns that he is on Laputa. The people here have terribly short attention spans, so they carry around "Flappers." These are used for hitting other people during conversation in order to keep them focused. After dinner a man is sent to teach Gulliver the language.
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