Memory

Did anyone notice that Gulliver said, "...I thought myself too much neglected...?" I thought it was interesting that he would say this because it makes me wonder what the Laputans are doing that make them forget Gulliver is even there. I wonder if they are so caught up on their "work" that they forget that Gulliver is there, even though their work seems to be all for nothing. I think Jonathan Swift decided to add this memory problem to Gulliver's Travels because he wanted the reader to picture the motif that societies get so caught up in their own work that they can't stop and talk to a visitor, or do anything besides what they regularly do.