A Modest Proposal Rhetorical Analysis
An Evaluation of A Modest Proposal Persuasive Techniques
Almost 300 years ago, Swift wrote the satirical essay, A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People From Being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick. The title itself is a literary hook, grasping the attention of anyone concerned with the plight in Ireland, but the title does not elude of its satirical purpose. Swift uses all three modes of persuasion in his essay. While ethos and logos are used to construct a proposal of selling and using babies as a food source to solve Ireland problems; his intended message of compassion is delivered by his skillful usage of pathos. Ethos is used throughout the essay. Swift begins by simply describing what the narrator observes in the streets of Ireland, he calls it a “great town”, [but has] “crowded …show more content…
The intentions of the mocking are to continue to stir emotion to those in charge to work on a solution. For the Catholics, it is reflection on their religious beliefs because the specifically on birth control, which results in families having more children than they can afford. Is Swift also suggesting to his Protestant congregation that they appear to not care about the poverty stricken Catholics because of religion differences? In addition, the greed of the landlords is mentioned frequently, they should be given choice selection of children, “ as they have already devoured most of the parents” (Swift). Swift pleas to the landlords to have pity on their poor renter, “landlords to have at least one degree of mercy towards their tenants” [because the tenant do not have money,] “…their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown” (Swift). Although, the suggesting of landlords having mercy on the poor is a suggested Swift suggest would not
Almost 300 years ago, Swift wrote the satirical essay, A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People From Being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick. The title itself is a literary hook, grasping the attention of anyone concerned with the plight in Ireland, but the title does not elude of its satirical purpose. Swift uses all three modes of persuasion in his essay. While ethos and logos are used to construct a proposal of selling and using babies as a food source to solve Ireland problems; his intended message of compassion is delivered by his skillful usage of pathos. Ethos is used throughout the essay. Swift begins by simply describing what the narrator observes in the streets of Ireland, he calls it a “great town”, [but has] “crowded …show more content…
The intentions of the mocking are to continue to stir emotion to those in charge to work on a solution. For the Catholics, it is reflection on their religious beliefs because the specifically on birth control, which results in families having more children than they can afford. Is Swift also suggesting to his Protestant congregation that they appear to not care about the poverty stricken Catholics because of religion differences? In addition, the greed of the landlords is mentioned frequently, they should be given choice selection of children, “ as they have already devoured most of the parents” (Swift). Swift pleas to the landlords to have pity on their poor renter, “landlords to have at least one degree of mercy towards their tenants” [because the tenant do not have money,] “…their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown” (Swift). Although, the suggesting of landlords having mercy on the poor is a suggested Swift suggest would not