In clergyman Johnathan Swift’s essay, A Modest Proposal, Swift presents a proposal that small children should be sold for food. Swift supports his proposal by providing examples of how selling the small children would be beneficial, describing how his proposed system would be set up, and also by supporting his proposal with logical evidence that shows he spent time creating a well-crafted argument. Swift’s purpose is to present an absurd proposal in order to show how absurd the poverty level in Ireland. He hopes to inspire an improvement in the country with the repeal of many penal laws set by Ireland’s mother country England. Throughout his essay, Swift provides examples of how selling small children would be beneficial. On page 408, Swift
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In the essay, Swift uses logical evidence to help show how his proposal would actually help to fix the problem of poverty. The use of logic to show how Swift put effort into making an impactful essay shows the audience that the problem is very serious since the fact that effort was needed shows that the problem is very serious and requires a solution. In the essay, Swift mentions that those that need the extra money “may flay the carcass.” This is very logical since it shows how Swift thought about the problem and determined that the skin of the small child would be good to use too. He mentions that the skin could be used for gloves and summer boots. He also demonstrates logic and thought by showcasing the statistics of how his system would work. He shows that “20,000 (poor children) may be reserved for breed” and that “the remaining 100,000” could be offered for sale to the kingdom. This shows that Swift put time and effort into thinking of these numbers and also shows that Swift thought more about how the system would work. These pieces of the text also go back to support Swift’s message of how absurd the Irish poverty level is. With talk of flaying, selling, and breeding children, Swift again shows how low the Irish must go to support themselves. In addition, by demonstrating how much time he put in to logicially thinking about the problem, Swift is able to show how grave the problem is since the time he spent showcases how important the issue
In the essay, Swift uses logical evidence to help show how his proposal would actually help to fix the problem of poverty. The use of logic to show how Swift put effort into making an impactful essay shows the audience that the problem is very serious since the fact that effort was needed shows that the problem is very serious and requires a solution. In the essay, Swift mentions that those that need the extra money “may flay the carcass.” This is very logical since it shows how Swift thought about the problem and determined that the skin of the small child would be good to use too. He mentions that the skin could be used for gloves and summer boots. He also demonstrates logic and thought by showcasing the statistics of how his system would work. He shows that “20,000 (poor children) may be reserved for breed” and that “the remaining 100,000” could be offered for sale to the kingdom. This shows that Swift put time and effort into thinking of these numbers and also shows that Swift thought more about how the system would work. These pieces of the text also go back to support Swift’s message of how absurd the Irish poverty level is. With talk of flaying, selling, and breeding children, Swift again shows how low the Irish must go to support themselves. In addition, by demonstrating how much time he put in to logicially thinking about the problem, Swift is able to show how grave the problem is since the time he spent showcases how important the issue