”A Modest Proposal” is a satirical writing known by many by Dr. Jonathan Swift. This piece is about the betterment of the county on behalf of the beggars. This story, being a satirical writing, shows much humor. This story, I thought, was going to be lighthearted turned somewhat dark. In the story Swift talks about his own proposal on how to help the children of professed beggars, the beggars themselves and how to make the children beneficial to the rich in a dark and serious.
Swift begins his “Modest Proposal” by talking about beggars and the children thereof. He expresses in a multitude of ways that selling off the children will bring in money for the mother. He believes that his solution would “provide for them in such a manner… contribute to the feeding, and partly to the clothing of many thousands.” Bringing this up he is able to bring his point across to show his idea was not rubbish but could help thousands in his country. He elicits a feeling of empathy when he does talk about the beggar because they have been looked down upon and even now describing their clothes as scraps. Lastly, the babies are being viewed as a commodity, stating it will “prevent those voluntary abortions.” …show more content…
He describes what he would like to see with his own set of data; “the number of souls in this kingdom being usually reckoned one million and a half, of these I calculate there may be about two hundred thousand couple whose wives are breeders…” This statement points out his ideal situation. Later Swift brings up another idea of having 20,000 reserved for breed. Why is this important? Because without a good base this large task will fall out from under itself or cause more problems. Swift seems to know what he is talking about, even if it is rudimentary math, but it still gives his point something stronger to stand
Swift begins his “Modest Proposal” by talking about beggars and the children thereof. He expresses in a multitude of ways that selling off the children will bring in money for the mother. He believes that his solution would “provide for them in such a manner… contribute to the feeding, and partly to the clothing of many thousands.” Bringing this up he is able to bring his point across to show his idea was not rubbish but could help thousands in his country. He elicits a feeling of empathy when he does talk about the beggar because they have been looked down upon and even now describing their clothes as scraps. Lastly, the babies are being viewed as a commodity, stating it will “prevent those voluntary abortions.” …show more content…
He describes what he would like to see with his own set of data; “the number of souls in this kingdom being usually reckoned one million and a half, of these I calculate there may be about two hundred thousand couple whose wives are breeders…” This statement points out his ideal situation. Later Swift brings up another idea of having 20,000 reserved for breed. Why is this important? Because without a good base this large task will fall out from under itself or cause more problems. Swift seems to know what he is talking about, even if it is rudimentary math, but it still gives his point something stronger to stand