In Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels," the character Glumdalclitch, a giantess who is a member of the Brobdingnagian race, indeed treats Gulliver much like a pet or a toy doll. When Gulliver finds himself in Brobdingnag, he is a tiny human compared to the enormous inhabitants of the land. Glumdalclitch, who is the daughter of the king of Brobdingnag, takes a keen interest in Gulliver and often carries him around, showing him off to others as


