Jonathan Swift Satire

Satire is defined as the "use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices", it is mostly used in the context of contemporary politics and is known for "making fun" of seemingly serious conversations and debates. Jonathan Swift constructs a piece of literature balancing on the edge of irony and absurdity with his proposal that would "end the hunger". He begins with having the reader feel sympathy with the people of Ireland and calling the famine a "melancholy subject" and describes what it's like to walk through the city surrounded by beggars in rags and he gains the sympathy of the reader so that they begin to sympathize with the people of Ireland. However, through the piece he begins to use irony as a sort of support system as he composes his piece, he proposed radical details of the breeding of children for money and even described several situations in which the breeding will be justified and deemed almost "normal" and he talks about it in a …show more content…
Although it might not personally relate to me there are refugees in the world to where this article might breach a moment of life or even humor within their lives. They could read it and begin to relate to the "beggars" in the street or the farmers who are struggling to piece their lives together and see themselves within the others that they read about and use it as an outlet for their lives and although it doesn't personally apply to us it doesn't mean that others are unable to relate. Jonathan Swifts piece is the perfect textbook example of satire. His use of witty phrases and subtle irony is just enough to where he can provide the reader with a logical explanation for breeding while also making humor of the situation with the bluntness of the proposal. A satire is one who uses humor and irony towards a situation and Swift embodied the definition within his