Jonathan Swift suggest that the 120,000 Irish kids conceived in a year ought to be discarded as follows: 20,000 ought to be kept for reproducing and continuance of the population, yet just a fourth of these are to be males, as per practice basic among raisers of domesticated animals, meaning that one male will be adequate to serve four females; the other 100,000 are to be fattened and then sold a culinary delicacy.
“A Modest Proposal” outlines the answer for the starvation in Ireland in the mid 1700’s. The solution proposed by him is that poor families ought to offer their infants to rich families to eat. He clarifies how legitimate it would be for poor families to profit, have less children to nourish, and for rich families to have a superb
“A Modest Proposal” outlines the answer for the starvation in Ireland in the mid 1700’s. The solution proposed by him is that poor families ought to offer their infants to rich families to eat. He clarifies how legitimate it would be for poor families to profit, have less children to nourish, and for rich families to have a superb