Jonathan Swift writes A Modest Proposal, a haunting satire taking place in 1720-1730 Ireland. Rather than making jokes of the treatment of the poor Irish, he chooses to be scathing, condemning and dead serious. Using effective character use and diction he creates a character that proposes the slaughter at the age of 1 year’s old to solve the poverty of Ireland. Firstly, the seriousness of the character that Swift keeps up throughout the essay severely frightens the reader. The proposition he makes I absolutely revolting. They make the reader questions human goodness as you slowly get sucked into the pace of the author. As a reader I put myself into the shoes of the main character and was quite terrified to think that I saw some sense to his
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While talking of the reasons to support his proposal his true voice will shine through; he proves to be indignant and thoroughly finished with the treatment the Irish have had. He states when explaining this proposal, “it is very well known that they are every day rooting by the cold and famine, and the filth and vermin, as fast as can be reasonable expected” (673). These moments when he allows his voice to overpower his characters gives the essay its punch and shows us the suffering of his nation. Furthermore his writing ability to blend the two voices together gives the message more punch, it says, this is the situation of my country and this is how we are being treated. Swift writes his essay in a businesslike manner, explaining his proposal and then giving six reasons why it should be …show more content…
On all levels this is wrong, morally, ethically and as human beings we should not even consider eating our young. His arguments are written to be unnerving and succeed in revolting us, the subject itself is rather touchy. Furthermore, just the thought of someone deliberating these points makes me cringe. It reminds of a dystopic novel where the poorer part of a nation is supressed to smaller roles such as breeders or agriculters. Moreover the poorer nation has to sell their children to be able to afford food and shelter. All in all Swift has used this essay to cover much, while the primary focus is poverty he also touches on two other minorities. Firstly he makes sure to add a bit about Roman
While talking of the reasons to support his proposal his true voice will shine through; he proves to be indignant and thoroughly finished with the treatment the Irish have had. He states when explaining this proposal, “it is very well known that they are every day rooting by the cold and famine, and the filth and vermin, as fast as can be reasonable expected” (673). These moments when he allows his voice to overpower his characters gives the essay its punch and shows us the suffering of his nation. Furthermore his writing ability to blend the two voices together gives the message more punch, it says, this is the situation of my country and this is how we are being treated. Swift writes his essay in a businesslike manner, explaining his proposal and then giving six reasons why it should be …show more content…
On all levels this is wrong, morally, ethically and as human beings we should not even consider eating our young. His arguments are written to be unnerving and succeed in revolting us, the subject itself is rather touchy. Furthermore, just the thought of someone deliberating these points makes me cringe. It reminds of a dystopic novel where the poorer part of a nation is supressed to smaller roles such as breeders or agriculters. Moreover the poorer nation has to sell their children to be able to afford food and shelter. All in all Swift has used this essay to cover much, while the primary focus is poverty he also touches on two other minorities. Firstly he makes sure to add a bit about Roman