Mcelroy Block F/ English 11 AP 11/4/12 A Modest Proposal for Prostitution The current state of our U.S. economy is poor. The unemployment rate is sitting at a high 8%‚ and families are struggling to support themselves. With our country in this great deficit‚ we are in need of a new‚ thriving industry to create new revenue for the federal government. The proposal we have come up with is neither or unreasonable. All parties involved would benefit greatly from this solution‚ some in more ways than
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Guy‚ Tiffany Comp 1 19 May 2015 My Response to “A Modest Proposal” By Jonathan Swift When I begin reading Jonathan Swifts‚ A Modest Proposal‚ I was confused as to why any human being would even think about offering others’ children to eat in an effort to reduce poverty‚ as a suggestion. Though I disagreed and was a bit confused‚ his argument had some very persuasive points that held truth. Jonathan Swift was born to an affluent Irish family; he was an ordained minister‚ very well educated‚ and
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“A Modest Proposal” Essay Jonathan Swift writes a satirical passage to criticize the England government on their lack of participation in helping the hungry citizens during the years of drought they are experiencing. In his overly exaggerated proposal‚ he uses an abundance of features of style‚ voice‚ and organization to express his point he is trying to make through satire. Swift’s choices on the variety of different features of style he uses were decided upon the fact that this passage is
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towns with poor Irish subjects without being hoarded by begging women‚ children‚ and men. He says that these begging children are unarguably the Kingdoms mess and the only way to get rid of this mess was by Jonathan Swift’s bold new plan. He proposes that these kids are on the streets and begging for necessities‚ so what good do they really play in the society other than bringing the economy down? So Swift’s idea involves selling babies (to eat) to rich landlords in America; either the parents of these
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POOR COUNTRIES ARE POOR BECAUSE THEY ARE POOR Poor countries are poor not because they are poor but because they lack the essential resources which are significant for economic growth and development. The African continent is considered as the poorest continent in the world. This is due to political instability which tends to scare away investors thus stunting economic growth of a country. Some of the reasons as to which developing countries are poor are; corrupt governments‚ low illiteracy levels
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of A Modest Proposal allows him to criticize his audience and make his main point without directly stating it. Swift creates a man who appears concerned and sympathetic towards the poor people while still agreeing and identifying with the upper class of Ireland. The reader’s confidence in the speaker quickly diminishes when he reveals his “modest proposal” to eat children in order to effectively reduce poverty and overpopulation. Swift’s main goal in his pamphlet is quite different from the explicit
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I’ve read many articles in my day‚ and I am known to be a very sarcastic person at times but this piece “A Modest Proposal” is next level insane‚ now I may be wrong‚ but what I’ve gathered from this piece is basically cannibalism of young children. “A young healthy child well nursed‚ is‚ at a year old‚ a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food‚ whether stewed‚ roasted‚ baked‚ or boiled.” Now i haven’t really heard about Dr. Jonathan Swift‚ nor do I really know about his background‚ but his use
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A Modest Proposal The Elderly The sight is found to be sickening for many; driving through the streets in any given American town and seeing‚ fit snugly between the McDonalds and Starbucks‚ some form of facility for housing the elderly. These individuals‚ no longer able to work for a living‚ are locked away in what is comparable to a modern day prison for senior citizens‚ left only to play round after endless round of trivial games such as Bingo and shuffleboard. With their failing eye sight and
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To expound on A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift begins with his use of sarcasm in the first sentence. “It is melancholy object to those‚ who walk through this great town‚ or travel in the country‚ when they see the streets‚ the road and cabin doors crowded with beggars of the female sex‚ followed by three‚ four‚ or six children‚ all in rags‚ and importuning every passenger for an alms” (Swift 431). Swift asserts it is a “great town” but then he continues on to imply it is not by saying “the road
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Response to A Modest Proposal In A Modest Proposal‚ Jonathan Swift provides a logical solution to the poverty crisis in Ireland: eat the children of the disenfranchised lower class. Swift’s pattern of thought carries the reader through the process of birthing‚ raising‚ and breeding poor children as a delicate form of livestock which would theoretically alleviate Ireland of its financial and social burdens. The obvious irony in A Modest Proposal is that‚ by most moral standards‚ Swift’s proposal is far
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