In Jonathan Swift`s A Modest Proposal, Swift expresses his soaring agitation with Ireland`s political leaders, the hypocrisy of the affluent, the despotism of the English, and the squalor in which he catches so many of his people living. Swift uses logos, visual imagery, and a desperate, satirical and serious tone to convey his thoughts. He demonstrates that a nation`s most significant problem can come from oppression in hopes that not only outsiders but that other Irish people will stand up and fight.
With facts and logics Swift does the math to prove that when we let ourselves be oppressed, what a crazy solution to a big problem could be. He states “[t]he number of souls of this kingdom… reckoned one million and a half, of these I calculate
With facts and logics Swift does the math to prove that when we let ourselves be oppressed, what a crazy solution to a big problem could be. He states “[t]he number of souls of this kingdom… reckoned one million and a half, of these I calculate