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    A Modest Proposal is everything that a satirical story should be. It includes sarcasm and irony as Jonathan Swift takes us through a roller coaster ride to show us how the poor are treated miserably. The narrator begins by leading us down a path. He seems sincere and thinks it is a pity how everywhere you walk in the streets of Dublin you see the poor begging people for hand outs. He is seeking a solution to help the commonwealth. He appears to be a logical‚ educated person who makes it clear that

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    A REPORT ON ENHANCING THE OPERATIONS IN MODULE CODE: 4BIT7B3 W12258808 Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The report basically focuses on mySAP CRM- Software in Retail Tourism Marketing of Thomas Cook AG. It considers the key challenges faced by the firm and how mySAP CRM software acts as an efficient and effective system in managing the firm’s retail marketing operations. The report also considers the benefits like customer data management‚ effective

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    The short story Jonathan Swift a Modest Proposal takes place in the United Kingdom during the turn of the century. The story is a satire of aristocratic opinions of the time about what to do with the mass amount of impoverished persons during the time. In the novel‚the way the author satires the upperclass of the time‚ is by recommending a final solution for the impoverished; turning them into food for the upperclass. The way that the author uses cannibalism in a very grim matter is quite disturbing

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    Jonathan Swift’s Ideal Society Gulliver’s Travels‚ written by Jonathan Swift‚ is a literary satire written in the 1700’s. Swift separates the story into four parts where he critiques different parts of society and its abuse of wealth and power. In part four the main character‚ Gulliver‚ takes a voyage to the country of the Houyhnhnms where he finds a creature that he believes lives peacefully and without any flaws. It is during this voyage that Swift lays out what he believes to be his “ideal

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    sanity” (Edgar Allan Poe). During his lifetime‚ Edgar Allan Poe lost many women and family members that he loved very much. As a result of the losses that he had to go through‚ he lived a very miserable‚ woeful life. Throughout the years‚ Poe’s life story became evident through his writings. Poe’s work is written throughout his early years‚ his middle life‚ and his later life. To begin with‚ Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19th‚ 1809 in Boston (Poe Society). When Poe was born‚ he only knew

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    Jonathan Edwards uses an effective method called the “fire and brimstone” approach‚ which basically used scare tactics to keep people from straying away from the church. Jonathan Edwards was a master at using literary devices‚ which horrified but intrigued his audience. He (Edwards) wrote in second person to make each individual feel responsible for their own sins‚ this strategy allowed Edwards to speak to large groups. Edwards also used extended metaphors to help his audience realize the full extent

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    Sermon in the Style of Jonathan Edwards Those with the audacity to do the unforgivable crime of consuming edible items in the middle of an educational session shall surely be punished by the professors. God forbid‚ shall the patience of these professors‚ these masters of instruction‚ these scholastic gods‚ be tested‚ one shall face the hell‚ the fire‚ and the damnation that is called detention. There is no speculation that these lords of erudition are amicable‚ benevolent‚ impartial‚ and sensible

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    A modest Proposal By Jonathan Swift In his essay Swift talks what living conditions were like in 18th century in Ireland and how woman were always seen in walking down the street with four‚ five or six children tagging along beside her. Instead of working women had to take care of all the children and the house work‚ while the men worked. Back then women didn’t have much rights but instead of just having babies and doing house work they could be working too. By having so many children only

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    Edgar Allan Poe‚ with the use adjectives makes a more effective description of the house than the one presented in the movie. In the literary text‚ Edgar Allan Poe‚ creates through a detailed description of the house a gothic mood in the story that provides a gloomy atmosphere in the plot‚ for instance‚ the narrator says “a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit” (Poe 1)‚ therefore‚ the narrator assumes that the house itself triggers a sense of sadness that invades anyone who steps into it

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    What is a modest proposal you may ask.Well A Modest Proposal is a “proposal for preventing children of poor people from being a burthen to their family. Jonathan Swift’s thinks this proposal would lower the poverty in Ireland. In the “Modest Proposal “ Jonathan swift uses irony and satire understatement to convey his message. The message that Swift was trying to convey is that the Irish people need help. He is trying to get rid of the property by getting rid of the children by feeding them to the

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