The genre of the prank “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift is it is a satire. The prank ironically mocks the poor individuals in general and he states that individuals who are born poor must take initiative to help themselves out of their own troubles. The satire is expressed in the the subtitle “For preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland, from Being a Burden on Their Parents or Country, and for making Them Beneficial to the Publick” (60). The sub-title indicates that the writer will provide solutions to stop poor children from being a burden on society which is aggressive.
The target audience of this prank is the wealthy and literate English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish industrialists who had inflated the Irish economy by purchasing …show more content…
The narrator remains professional to build a sense of trust and a voice to the reader in order to understand his suggestions. Furthermore, the narrator uses verbal irony in this situation when he recommends the consumption of a young one year old child.
In paragraph 31 the narrator uses cynicism and a coldly mechanical tone when he states, “For this kind of commodity will not bear exportation, the flesh being of too tender a consistence to admit a long continuance in salt, although perhaps I could name a country which would be glad to eat up our whole nation without it (64).” The narrator admits that wealthy English individuals have the motive of simply overtaking their country. They have done so by inflating their economy to the point where the average Irish person is living on the …show more content…
Their actions have left humanity in a inhumane state. By using the idea of cannibalism, the narrator wishes to show that the merchants have turned into savage creatures without
The target audience of this prank is the wealthy and literate English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish industrialists who had inflated the Irish economy by purchasing …show more content…
The narrator remains professional to build a sense of trust and a voice to the reader in order to understand his suggestions. Furthermore, the narrator uses verbal irony in this situation when he recommends the consumption of a young one year old child.
In paragraph 31 the narrator uses cynicism and a coldly mechanical tone when he states, “For this kind of commodity will not bear exportation, the flesh being of too tender a consistence to admit a long continuance in salt, although perhaps I could name a country which would be glad to eat up our whole nation without it (64).” The narrator admits that wealthy English individuals have the motive of simply overtaking their country. They have done so by inflating their economy to the point where the average Irish person is living on the …show more content…
Their actions have left humanity in a inhumane state. By using the idea of cannibalism, the narrator wishes to show that the merchants have turned into savage creatures without