Political Criticism. “A Modest Proposal”
Jonathan swift wrote “A Modest Proposal” to make things worse in Ireland. His work about the rich should eat the poor’s children to benefit both parties, lead economic criticism from 1713-1745. “In the ear, Catholics were not permitted to vote, marry a protestant, or be educated as Catholics abroad.” In the story Swift challenges the status quo by enforcing the poor to sale their children to the rich for food. This benefits by helping the poor with money, population, and give the Irish economy a substantial boost. In “A Modest Proposal” Swift says “ I think it’s agreed by all parties that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mother, or frequently of their fathers, is in present deplorable state of the kingdom a very great additional grievance; and therefore, whoever could find out a fair, cheap, and easy method of making these children sound, useful members of the commonwealth, would deserve so well of the public as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation.” He explains that he believes if the poor sold their babies to the rich, that it would help the economy and help better Ireland. …show more content…
In “A Modest Proposal” Swift tells the price of meat, how feeding a baby will be two shillings a year, where if you just sold your baby to the rich it would be ten shillings. He explains how much the babies would be by weight, comparing them to cattle and sheep. He says that he believes that selling the babies will be a fair trade and that many people in the Ireland community would be willing to contribute to his idea. Swift explains that the person buying the baby will get four great meals and can even use the skin to make leather if needed and the parents will get rid of their children that is a burden to
Jonathan swift wrote “A Modest Proposal” to make things worse in Ireland. His work about the rich should eat the poor’s children to benefit both parties, lead economic criticism from 1713-1745. “In the ear, Catholics were not permitted to vote, marry a protestant, or be educated as Catholics abroad.” In the story Swift challenges the status quo by enforcing the poor to sale their children to the rich for food. This benefits by helping the poor with money, population, and give the Irish economy a substantial boost. In “A Modest Proposal” Swift says “ I think it’s agreed by all parties that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mother, or frequently of their fathers, is in present deplorable state of the kingdom a very great additional grievance; and therefore, whoever could find out a fair, cheap, and easy method of making these children sound, useful members of the commonwealth, would deserve so well of the public as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation.” He explains that he believes if the poor sold their babies to the rich, that it would help the economy and help better Ireland. …show more content…
In “A Modest Proposal” Swift tells the price of meat, how feeding a baby will be two shillings a year, where if you just sold your baby to the rich it would be ten shillings. He explains how much the babies would be by weight, comparing them to cattle and sheep. He says that he believes that selling the babies will be a fair trade and that many people in the Ireland community would be willing to contribute to his idea. Swift explains that the person buying the baby will get four great meals and can even use the skin to make leather if needed and the parents will get rid of their children that is a burden to