A Modest Proposal Ethos Pathos Logos

“A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift The essay starts in an interesting way by establishing the speaker (Jonathan Swift) as a concerned citizen sad about the Irish poor people, who are suffering in the community. Then Swift disgusts his ideas on how to help Ireland and move forward in a better direction. Swift talks about poor people selling their one-year old children to be killed and sold to rich people as a high priced meat product. Finally, he discusses statistical support to his ideas including: number of children being sold, their weight and price, the projected consumption patterns. He alsoSwift uses pathos, logos, and especially ethos to describe ways to help the economy and all of Ireland.
“A Modest Proposal” is an essay about the
Swift uses logos by explaining a situation where the poor people would sell their one-year-old children to the rich people of Ireland for some money. He said “I believe no Gentleman would repine to give Ten Shillings for the Carcass of a good fat Child, which, as I have said will make four Dishes of excellent Nutritive Meat.” (paragraph 14). Swift describes that Ireland is overpopulated and the economy is in bad shape with unemployment rising and other terrible issues. Swift uses ethos in an interesting way. Swift encourages us to believe him because a worthy, virtuous person gave him the idea because “so great a Number of both Sexes in every County being now ready to Starve, for want of Work and Service” Swift uses pathos when he writes, "their helpless infants who, as they grow up, either turn into thieves for want of work, or leave their dear native country, to fight for the Pretender of Spain, or sell themselves to the Barbados"(Paragraph 1). Swift’s essay is intended to make the audience feel bad for the children. He makes them seem like they don’t deserve to live life and will just end up making trouble with crime. He believes these children will end up leaving Ireland