1. The problem, mentioned in both paragraphs 1 and 2, is overpopulation of the poor. Numerous children who live in poverty, grow up to become unscrupulous people.
2. The rich people of Ireland would benefit from a solution because there would be more money to be put into their pockets.
3. The scope and extent of the problem is that the children would not be worth enough money until the age of twelve. Even after they encounter the age of twelve, they would not be worth above three pounds at most.
4. His solution is to sell a well nursed child to the meat market. He believes these children are delicacies and raising these kids for food would give the parents a high profit.
5. He gives specific details on how many children are reserved for …show more content…
The effect of the word “devoured” in paragraph 12 is that the landlords will continue to eat off of the parents, even when the children will be sold, and the landlords will gladly value what is being mentioned in the proposal.
25. In paragraph 19, he uses the words, “aged, diseased, and maimed” which refer to what the poor will eventually become, and that they should be eliminated.
26. It supports his ironic persona, of the belief that poor people should help themselves out of their own problems, by adding hatred to his use of words against the poor; making him look like a cold-hearted and disregarding person.
28. Jonathan Swift drops his persona in paragraph 29, when he describes the unpleasant and disturbing movements of Ireland, and in paragraph 30, where he talks about the negative effects of the proposal and calls for action.
29. He drops his persona because he wants to let the reader know of the true motive behind his proposal. The fake identity that he shows throughout the essay makes his proposal absurd, but when he drops this one, it lets the reader become aware of his actual personality. It allows us to be mindful of the person behind the mask.
30. In this essay, he targets Catholics, Ireland’s economy, the British, and the rich people of
2. The rich people of Ireland would benefit from a solution because there would be more money to be put into their pockets.
3. The scope and extent of the problem is that the children would not be worth enough money until the age of twelve. Even after they encounter the age of twelve, they would not be worth above three pounds at most.
4. His solution is to sell a well nursed child to the meat market. He believes these children are delicacies and raising these kids for food would give the parents a high profit.
5. He gives specific details on how many children are reserved for …show more content…
The effect of the word “devoured” in paragraph 12 is that the landlords will continue to eat off of the parents, even when the children will be sold, and the landlords will gladly value what is being mentioned in the proposal.
25. In paragraph 19, he uses the words, “aged, diseased, and maimed” which refer to what the poor will eventually become, and that they should be eliminated.
26. It supports his ironic persona, of the belief that poor people should help themselves out of their own problems, by adding hatred to his use of words against the poor; making him look like a cold-hearted and disregarding person.
28. Jonathan Swift drops his persona in paragraph 29, when he describes the unpleasant and disturbing movements of Ireland, and in paragraph 30, where he talks about the negative effects of the proposal and calls for action.
29. He drops his persona because he wants to let the reader know of the true motive behind his proposal. The fake identity that he shows throughout the essay makes his proposal absurd, but when he drops this one, it lets the reader become aware of his actual personality. It allows us to be mindful of the person behind the mask.
30. In this essay, he targets Catholics, Ireland’s economy, the British, and the rich people of