"A Modest Proposal" begins with an account of the impoverished state of many in Ireland. ... "A Modest Proposal" is also literary commentary. ... Of course, one's proposals are modest and offered "humbly.... "A Modest Proposal" is accurately called one of the most effective satires in the English language. ... Anyone who becomes intrigued by Jonathan Swift after reading "A Modest Proposal," should go on to the works that are worthy of a more sophisticated critic....

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A Modest Proposal is everything that a satirical story should be. ... All his proposals are satirical, some even revolting. ... Possibly to try to make his proposal seem sane. His ten proposals are not erratic. They are modest but far to radical for the rich people. ...

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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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Many authors write books about events, their lives and their environment, and their corrupt government. One satirical author who wrote a novel about living in a corrupt society is Jonathan Swift who wrote Gulliver's Travels. The places the protagonist had visited reflected on the author's Engl...

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He remained an active author until he was rendered incapacitated by a stroke in 1742.Though A Modest Proposal was the last of his pamphlets that is still widely read today, he continued through the 1730's to write tracts concerning church and state. ...

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