Cassie Manoogian
Dr. Altman
English 102
27 October 2014
#RRC 8 Jonathan Swift was a minister in eighteenth-century Ireland who became tired of listening to the complaining of the rich of how the children of poor people were a burden to their parents and the country and how they needed to be beneficial to the rest of society. Swift is known for his satirical writings, but in this piece he was trying to prove a point to society of how heartless they were becoming and how ridiculous they sounded. In the writing I noticed a aggravated and a satirical tone. He is very easily able to point out the cause for the nation’s disastrous state – the government! The fact that children are being blamed for destroying a nation is ridiculous. Swift had …show more content…
Second are the poor tenants that have something valuable to give but no one will give them a chance because they are poor. Thirdly, all the children cannot be expected to live off such little money while the kings get more than five times of what the children earn. Fourthly, the mothers giving birth to the children they cannot give a healthy life to. The food is not prepared as nutritious and healthy as it could be to help out the nation- and lastly, the long problems that come with being married. I feel Swift mentioned all the most important aspects of this proposal so that people could see how hypocritical and unjust they were being towards one another. I interpreted this as Swift saying, that Ireland won’t get any better unless everyone helps out each other a little bit to get healthy again so that citizens can work and provide for their families and help others as they were helped. I read A Modest Proposal back in high school and I did not get as much out of it as I got out of it reading it a few years later. I understood what Swift was saying and he made very excellent points throughout his proposal. I can see why this is an important piece in history and why people know him as the amazing satirical writer he is remembered as
Dr. Altman
English 102
27 October 2014
#RRC 8 Jonathan Swift was a minister in eighteenth-century Ireland who became tired of listening to the complaining of the rich of how the children of poor people were a burden to their parents and the country and how they needed to be beneficial to the rest of society. Swift is known for his satirical writings, but in this piece he was trying to prove a point to society of how heartless they were becoming and how ridiculous they sounded. In the writing I noticed a aggravated and a satirical tone. He is very easily able to point out the cause for the nation’s disastrous state – the government! The fact that children are being blamed for destroying a nation is ridiculous. Swift had …show more content…
Second are the poor tenants that have something valuable to give but no one will give them a chance because they are poor. Thirdly, all the children cannot be expected to live off such little money while the kings get more than five times of what the children earn. Fourthly, the mothers giving birth to the children they cannot give a healthy life to. The food is not prepared as nutritious and healthy as it could be to help out the nation- and lastly, the long problems that come with being married. I feel Swift mentioned all the most important aspects of this proposal so that people could see how hypocritical and unjust they were being towards one another. I interpreted this as Swift saying, that Ireland won’t get any better unless everyone helps out each other a little bit to get healthy again so that citizens can work and provide for their families and help others as they were helped. I read A Modest Proposal back in high school and I did not get as much out of it as I got out of it reading it a few years later. I understood what Swift was saying and he made very excellent points throughout his proposal. I can see why this is an important piece in history and why people know him as the amazing satirical writer he is remembered as