In "A Modest Proposal," Jonathan Swift presents a literary work that attacks the vices of the English Protestants, Irish politicians, and even the naivety of the Irish themselves. ... By the use of Swift's figure of speech, satire, and intricate details in "A Modest Proposal," he writes of unreal remedies to the real problems that Ireland possesses as a whole. The central argument in A Modest Proposal is his proposal to the poor of Ireland to halt themselves from being a burden on their country and its families by subversively replacing their actions with that of his. ... The most assert...

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In 1729 Jonathan Swift, a well-known and respected Irish author of his time, published an article that he humorously entitled "A Modest Proposal". ... "The readers might question why Swift spent about 97% of his Proposal trying to convince people that eating children was the best solution if he didn't actually mean it. ... "The ironic game of self-concealment- as in A Modest Proposal- is a sign that the audience has been perceived to be unteachable, incapable of understanding or responding to the grand clarities of ethical discourse as conducted among rational beings". ... After reading "...

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Summary "A Modest Proposal" is a satirical essay written by Jonathan Swift to mock and criticize the degradation of Ireland's society during a period of economic decline. ... Disgusted by the backwards state of Ireland and its social classes, author Jonathan Swift constructs a ridiculous proposal in his satirical essay "A Modest Proposal". ... Due to the fact that "A Modest Proposal" is satirical, the care that Swift displays for the poor in his essay, as witnessed through his proposal to alleviate the burden from their shoulders, is used to disguise his actu...

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Jonathan Swift, author of "A Modest Proposal," takes advantage of the overlooked pamphlets, and constructs a ridiculous proposal. ... He also states that his proposal would make the babies "beneficial to the public". ... In "A Modest Proposal", Swift effectively uses insincerity, sarcasm, and rhetorical exaggeration to reveal his annoyance of politicians, papists, and overall citizens of poverty-stricken Ireland in the late seventeenth century. ... Jonathan Swift not only uses rhetoric to dehumanize the children throughout the proposal, but he engages his sarcasti...

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In Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal," Swift argues that the Irish might improve their national economy and poverty if they sell their children as food for those who are well to do. ... One of the rhetorical devices used by Jonathan Swift in "A Modest Proposal" was irony. ... Therefore, the use of irony in "A Modest Proposal" was to show that since the wrong or complete opposite idea was put up, everyone should understand that none of what is being suggested should actually be taken literally. ... At this point of Swift's "modest proposal," ...

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In the work "A Modest Proposal", Jonathan Swift uses this plea to provoke change through the use of satire. ... Furthermore, had this proposal been for real, the English may have even considered implementing it, which suggests their complete disregard for the people of Ireland, and make the work even more ridiculous. ... Therefore, the proposal merely suggests that not only would disposing of them be economically reasonable, but that England would not oppose or disapprove. ... As the proposal progresses, you also get the sense that Swift wanted to convey it as it were written from an order...

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Jonathan Swift, a clergyman for the Church of England, addresses social issues in the satirical essay "A Modest Proposal" from 1729, during a time of famine in colonial Ireland which, first appeared anonymously in its own pamphlet in Ireland. Swift's proposal is the rather barbaric and cannibalistic idea of producing children to sell as meat to help poor families out of poverty. Swift meticulously makes use of appeals to logic, emotions, and ethics to back up and support his proposal. ... One such instance is when Swift states the statistics that go along with his "Propos...

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Jonathan Swift, in his 18th century pamphlet A Modest Proposal, would surely agree to Mr. ... The absurd proposal allows him to communicate his sympathy for the people of Ireland whom he felt the English were profoundly mistreating. ... A Modest Proposal can be considered an extraordinary example of an ironic parody through Swift's tone, diction, and the shear absurdity contained in his proposition. ... Swift's master use of diction in A Modest Proposal certainly aides in the development of his satire and social statement. ... Swift's use of ironic parody in A Modest Proposal...

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