Research Proposal Essay

Lucassen focuses on the role of independent religious, economic, and political differences, as prime movers in both the development and dissipation of xenophobic beliefs that swept France and England in the late 19th and early 20th century. Although Lucassen presents a strong historical recollection of social relations that led to widespread nativism, he oversimplifies the root causes of xenophobic sentiment, focusing too intently on singular elements instead of the additive nature of the…

After reading the work of Jonathan Swift "A Modest Proposal" I could not help feeling sorry for the people who live in these conditions. The farmers who have to meditate for food and children who cannot defend themselves and only suffer from hunger and poverty. It is inevitable to think of solutions that help to hunger, anguish, and poverty. Therefore, Swift poses a solution full of satire, black humor and a bit of mockery about the depressing situation of these families and the society in…

experiences, historical contexts, and insights – write in order to increase their readers’ awareness about the socioeconomic, political and cultural outcomes that have shaped the present world. Similarly, Johnathan Swift in his essay titled “A Modest Proposal Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burden to Their Parents, or Country, and for Making them Beneficial to the Public”– stood as being very persuasive and attempts to educate his readers about the appalling socio-political…

A Modest Proposal “A Modest Proposal” is a satirical work written by Jonathan Swift that gives an unorthodox and outrageous solution to Ireland’s poverty and overpopulation problem. Jonathan Swift was most famous for his satires and he was also a famous churchman, a spokesperson for Irish rights, and a political journalist. Swift gives a list of absurd solutions which include cannibalism and poor Irish families fattening up their children for the purpose of selling them to rich English…

The article “How Elmo Ruined Sesame Street” by Kevin Wong, is an article where Kevin attempts to make his argument on how he believes Elmo ruined the show “Sesame Street." Kevin also includes the use of secondary arguments in order to act as support for his main argument. Kevin implements many writing practices in his article that are meant to sway people towards his side of the argument. Kevin presents his argument by using two of the three rhetorical proofs, logos and ethos, and by…

A Modest Proposal is an essay by Jonathan Swift of the 18th century. It is a satirical essay that talks about an argument that says infant children should be sold for their meat. Ireland needs a simple solution to help its poor population. The streets of Ireland are full of beggars, and they are mostly women beggars with children that struggle to find something to eat. The poor parents in Ireland spend all their time trying to find something to feed their large families. Even with all the…

In the essay A Modest Proposal, by Jonathan Swift written in 1729, a proposal is demonstrated by Jonathan for preventing the children of unfinancially stable people in ireland from being a burden to their parents or country, and making them beneficial to the public. As sarcastic and unproportionately disturbing his suggestions are, poverty had a key role into the written essay proving exaggerated solutions to add humor and his own personality to grab attention from readers so they can address…

In the satirical piece “A Modest Proposal” (1729), Jonathan Swift addresses the troubling economic and social conditions in Ireland. He adopts a persona, known by scholars as the Proposer, who suggests a “fair, cheap, and easy Method” to rid Ireland of poverty (Swift 230). Instead of proposing a logical and practical solution, however, the Proposer offers a horrifying plan: selling the babies of poverty-stricken families into the food market to lessen the number of beggars on the street. With…

reaction in their readers. In A Modest Proposal, wrote by Swift, is a clear example of a satirical pamphlet. Due to the arise of the journalism and the newspapers, pamphlets became quite popular at that time, and Swift uses this layout to give his proposal more relevance and importance, and to take it serious, like the information in any other pamphlet. The satire is explicit right from the first moment you read it. Just the title and the subtitle, A Modest Proposal for preventing the Children…

with soul spirit, heart, brain and it gives the sense that his proposal is not right. All in all, JS is trying to address a lot of society’s problem by shocking us, by really engaging us and proposing some very radical ideas while at the same time trying to get us to look at things that are really going on, to get us to wake up. So obviously he is not serious but this is an approach to get people engaged. Swift’s A Modest Proposal has a disturbing tendency to work for several reasons. For…