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    A Modern Modest Proposal It is a truly depressing matter to witness the complete and utter destruction of Haiti. Since the earthquake‚ the nation has being slowing withering away. The people that inhabit the land are suffering terribly and enduring the most brutal conditions. Tent cities‚ populated by close to seven thousand people‚ are being subject to crime and the propagation of a multitude of diseases. Parentless children wander aimlessly‚ searching for any remnant of food or even a single

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    My Modern Modest Proposal Moving factories to other countries is exactly what America’s economy needs. Thousands of people losing their jobs for the selfish greed of the government is just all part of the grand plan to get our country back on its feet. There is no better way to improve the patriotism of Americans than by ripping away their jobs and leaving them standing in unemployment lines for who knows how long. In today’s society what is good and fair is put to the side like a rotten piece

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    Jacob Drettwan 1/4/14 English Lit. 5th A Modest Proposal A Modest Proposal The border between Mexico and the United States has been left open‚ leaving the entire nation accessible to disease‚ violence‚ and economic ruin. Being able to come and go as they please‚ illegal Mexican immigrants have came to U.S. in the millions‚ and with them they have brought terrors to our citizens. Every year they smuggle millions of pounds of cocaine‚ and once settled within our communities‚ their gangs and

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    Assignment #1: Surprise Ending in The Modest Proposal Syreeta Bruster Professor Lynn Wilson World Cultures II – HUM 112 November 12‚ 2012 A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift is a satirical story with lots of sarcasm. This proposal was written to shock or force the government into a reaction. As the government read his proposal it should bring about a response. This proposal suggests a “barbaric solution” that amounts purely to cannibalism. Mr. Swift’s idea is to help end poverty and

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    Short Story Analysis A Modest Proposal Jonathan Swift once remarked‚ “We have just religion enough to make us hate‚ but not enough to make us love one another” (Conditions). 1729 was a time where both economic and religious struggles raged between Ireland and England. Jonathan Swift’s motives for A Modest Proposal were driven by influence‚ oppression‚ and poverty. This brutal yet ironic satire demonstrated Swift’s frustration in regards to English and Irish politics. His mocking tone was to shock

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    A Modest Proposal A modest proposal was written in 1729 by Johnathan Swift. Swift was born in Ireland. Swift moved to England‚ but later on became ruler of the St. Patrick’s Cathedral. He felt‚ for his own part‚ that he had been exiled to Ireland when he would have much preferred to have been in England‚ and his personal sense of the wrongs he had received at the hands of the English only intensified the anger he felt at the way England mistreated Ireland. He lived in an Ireland which was a colony

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    “A Modest Proposal” is an ironic essay: the author deliberately proposes the opposite of what he means. What is the real thesis or argument? What is Irony? “A Modest Proposal” itself is ironic since no one can take the proposal seriously. This irony is clearly shown at the end of the story when Swift states that the proposal is not going to affect him since his children are grown and his wife is unable to have any more children. It would unfathomable to think that a human being would want to partake

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    A modest proposal by Jonathan Swift is a satirical essay written in 1729. It was written in protest of the English treatment of the catholic people in Ireland. During the late 17th century‚ political pamphlets were distributed throughout Ireland to promote the ideas of various intellectuals and laymen. Jonathan Swift took advantage of the overlooked pamphlets‚ and constructs a ridiculous proposal. He does this to illustrate how backwards and bad the state of Ireland is and the social classes. “A

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    A Modest Proposal “If we ever become civilized‚ it will probably be satire… that will have caused it”- Edgar Johnson. Whether we agree or disagree with this quote is highly debatable and depends on our individual opinion of satire in general. Do we believe that satire is an enjoyable compensation for being forced to think or is it a meaningless medium for criticizing people’s vices in the context of politics and other topical issues? Satire is a very important device that is used to expose these

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    A Modest Proposal Rhetorical Essay Jonathan Swift‚ “Modest Proposal” is mocking the government and the English people and seeking a change in the way Irish people are living. Jonathan Swift was effective using ethos‚ pathos and logos to bring attention to the bad situations that the Irish people went through. Irish people were starving and dying‚ while the English landlords were exporting gain. Jonathan Swift uses tones of sarcasm and irony in order for people to get his purpose. Jonathan Swift

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