A Modest Proposal Response

Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" is a satirical article directed toward the people of Ireland and the problem of poverty it was going through at the time. He proposed that the best solution was to take children and sell them off to be made into food and clothing, such as cows for their meat and leather. He claims that not only would this fix the population problems and the case of the unworking youth, but would also fit the palette of many of the wealthy and elite due to their mannerisms and