Swift Modest Proposal: Article Analysis
Assigment 1: Swift Modest Proposal
Luciana Quispe
Professor Michael Briere
HUM 112
11/04/2014
The article by Jonathan Swift begins by making a description of the poor ladies with children and nowhere to stay in the streets of Ireland. The description clearly shows how the families have problems in terms of finding for themselves. With large families of up to six children, the poor ladies have no option of feeding their families. Finally, the audience thinks that the author would provide an interventional strategy that would help out the street families. The surprise ending in this article begins at the instant when the author mentions the idea of selling out children’s parts for money. It is quite shocking that the author …show more content…
The eating of infants would reduce high number of paupers in population. In addition, Education as a social factor contributes to historical change by increasing the population’s awareness in deciding against an issue at hand or in deciding in favor of that issue. This happened in elections and referenda. An informed elector could vote either to retain a good leader or vote against a bad leader. Societies that have liberal cultures will change more because of their easy reception to change faster than societies that have conservative traditions. Artistic contributions inspiring revolution result to historical change such as songs and other art forms inspiring revolution could lead to uprisings against the status quo leading to significant change in a society’s governance …show more content…
Instead, they should take advantage of their God-given abilities to conceive and give birth to children. The new-borns can then be sold to other people for various uses such as acting as a source of delicacy. Thus, the author uses the perspective of using the children as a source of income, as opposed to being a burden to their poor parents. In addition, instead of the author providing an ethical mechanism that would help reduce cases of street and poor families in Ireland and other parts of the world, he suggests that the families should start using their children as a trade commodity for their own benefit. This forms the shocking ending of the
Luciana Quispe
Professor Michael Briere
HUM 112
11/04/2014
The article by Jonathan Swift begins by making a description of the poor ladies with children and nowhere to stay in the streets of Ireland. The description clearly shows how the families have problems in terms of finding for themselves. With large families of up to six children, the poor ladies have no option of feeding their families. Finally, the audience thinks that the author would provide an interventional strategy that would help out the street families. The surprise ending in this article begins at the instant when the author mentions the idea of selling out children’s parts for money. It is quite shocking that the author …show more content…
The eating of infants would reduce high number of paupers in population. In addition, Education as a social factor contributes to historical change by increasing the population’s awareness in deciding against an issue at hand or in deciding in favor of that issue. This happened in elections and referenda. An informed elector could vote either to retain a good leader or vote against a bad leader. Societies that have liberal cultures will change more because of their easy reception to change faster than societies that have conservative traditions. Artistic contributions inspiring revolution result to historical change such as songs and other art forms inspiring revolution could lead to uprisings against the status quo leading to significant change in a society’s governance …show more content…
Instead, they should take advantage of their God-given abilities to conceive and give birth to children. The new-borns can then be sold to other people for various uses such as acting as a source of delicacy. Thus, the author uses the perspective of using the children as a source of income, as opposed to being a burden to their poor parents. In addition, instead of the author providing an ethical mechanism that would help reduce cases of street and poor families in Ireland and other parts of the world, he suggests that the families should start using their children as a trade commodity for their own benefit. This forms the shocking ending of the