The small size of the Lilliputians and the Blefescudians represents their small-mindedness in refusing to end this conflict. Because he is a giant and therefore "above" the Lilliputians and Blefuscudians, both literally and figuratively, in this quarrel, Gulliver is easily able to change the course of the conflict by capturing the Blefuscudians' ships and averting bloodshed.
