I can infer that he was a little nervous to be in a foreign land. Specially, the lilliputians were so tiny and the whole city was done to the Lilliputians' measure and Gulliver was really tall and big to fit inside this city. The houses were too small, the city was designed to small people and Gulliver did not represent that kind of people. They saw Gulliver as an enemy who was going to finish with their small city. The Lilliputians tied Gulliver up to avoid he escaped from there. After The Lilliputians trusted on Gulliver he walked carefully inside the city to avoid breaking elements inside the city. It meant that The Lilliputians started to trust on Gulliver.
Besides that, Gulliver has to deal with the internal war divided in two parties. He had to listen to both postures about the city from the different movements the Lilliput and Blefuscu.
Explanation:
When Gulliver could talk to the Lilliputians, he stared to talk and admire the way they constructed and the ability they had to construct mechanical elements. The Lilliputians were admired that a foreign person felt nice with their constructions and for this reason they let Gulliver walked inside the city.
The handicapper generals job is to make the "above average" person become the same as everyone else by hindering them if they are to smart or are impressively athletic or artistic.
