A Modest Proposal Summary
In A Modest Proposal, Jonathan Swift uses
satire to convey his idea. He begins by explaining how the Irish have become
poor. They spend way to much time looking for food for their families and
children. He suggests that society uses the children in order to dig themselves
out of poverty. He wants to set aside 100,000 children to be raised for food
for the wealthy. He gives the reader many ideas on how to cook the children and
how one can calculate how much the child should weigh in order to serve the most
amount of guests. The children are considered delicacies so naturally they will
be expensive. His hope is that the wealthy people of Ireland will buy the
children and the poor will be able to profit from this. He hopes that this will
also cause Ireland to become a tourist attraction. The only negative
implication of this proposal is that the population of Ireland will go down. He
also believes that the general public will be much happier if they are richer
and have fewer children.
I
find the whole concept interesting. I like how the author uses satire in order
to show how ridiculous this plan is. He has taken the issue of overpopulation
and made the topic light and funny. I think satire is a great way to not only
convey a message but also keep the reader entertained and wanting more.
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