The tone of this essay by swift is ironic because he talking about his proposed plan to eat baby’s. …show more content…
These kids are said to become nothing in the kingdom besides becoming thieves or worse. Swift plans out that there will 20 that will be used to breed and the rest will be used for food consumption (Swift). This will allow the poor families to still have children but to a certain extent. After their breeders are born for the future they will continue to have babies but will be able to do as to what swift has proposed eat the babies. According to Swift, “The mother will have eight shillings net profit, and be fit for work till she produces another child” (A Modest Proposal). The poor families will be able to pay for rent have and live a better lifestyle because of the income that will be coming into the household.
The author states, “I think the advantages by the proposal which I have made are obvious and many, as well as of the highest importance (Swift). The reasoning he has stated are facts but is an inhuman solution. The informs the reader that he doesn’t have children and that his wife cannot have any children. Maybe if he had children he would not be informing the audience of this proposal. At the end of the day he would resort to his proposal because the government is not helping the poor people like himself and this would help through the struggle. The argument the author is proposing is not invalid. He states the causes and effects of what is happening in his kingdom. He hits many key things about his proposal so his idea doesn’t hit a bump and it does not end up going