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    Dear Mr. Smarmy‚ On the behalf of the school board in Trinity‚ Idaho‚ I would like to thank you for your concerns about the assigned reading of Jonathan Swift’s “Modest Proposal”. It is apparent that you want Swift’s “Modest Proposal” to be removed from our school district because it contains “blatantly anti-human and sickening suggestions [that will] be read by young impressionable youth.” After a review of the essay‚ we have come to a unanimous conclusion. We‚ the school board‚ have decided that

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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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    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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    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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    A Modest Proposal‚ written by Jonathan Swift in 1729‚ is a sustaining satirical essay in the history of the English language‚ in which the author puts forth an appalling proposal that young children born into poor families be sold to rich people as a “most delicious‚ nourishing‚ and wholesome food (Swift).” He rationalizes this proposal by enumerating all the benefits it would bring to the society in a mathematical and detached manner. The reader must feel morally insulted and develop an irresistible

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    December 21‚ 2012 AP English A Modest Proposal In 1729‚ England takes over Ireland and enforces imperialism on them. While invading them and taking from them‚ Ireland suffers from a drought and all their food stops growing causing them to starve. When a whole country starves the weakest suffer the most meaning the children. Jonathan Swift‚ well educated professional‚ writes a pamphlet with a insincerity and obscure manor titled‚ “A modest Proposal‚” to the country of England. In this pamphlet

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