Thesis Statement For A Modest Proposal
A Modest Proposal General questions
Ezra Barrett
This piece is about Swifts suggestion that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling children as food for rich gentlemen and ladies. By doing this he mocks the authority of the British officials.
Swift formats his piece with heavy satire requiring the reader to dig for the complete idea of the piece. Yet the thesis statements in the opening ,with it being the “modest proposal”. The parallelism in this piece is few .The author ,in my opinion , used too much irony and satire ,so much that it made it difficult for me to read.
In the piece Swift uses a lot of irony,examples being "I rather recommend buying the children alive, and dressing them
Ezra Barrett
This piece is about Swifts suggestion that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling children as food for rich gentlemen and ladies. By doing this he mocks the authority of the British officials.
Swift formats his piece with heavy satire requiring the reader to dig for the complete idea of the piece. Yet the thesis statements in the opening ,with it being the “modest proposal”. The parallelism in this piece is few .The author ,in my opinion , used too much irony and satire ,so much that it made it difficult for me to read.
In the piece Swift uses a lot of irony,examples being "I rather recommend buying the children alive, and dressing them