Northern Ireland

poor in 1700 Ireland. By proposing the inhumane practice of the selling of poor infants to the rich to be sacrificed to cannibalism, Swift mirrors the devouring nature of the economy by the rich that leaves the poor with nothing. Swift’s objective of such an absurd idea does not serve to be taken seriously, rather than to bring attention to the poor Irishmen by using the idea of cannibalism to draw in and provide the unknowledgable at the time with a vivid image of what horrors Ireland was…

literature saw the rise of the novel as a genre and dry wit, sarcasm and satire became popular forms of political, social and religious criticism. Jonathan Swift’s Essay, entitled A Modest Proposal for preventing the children of poor people in Ireland from being a burden to their parents or country and for making them beneficial to the public focuses on the ills that befell the society. The author uses satire to highlight the issues in the society and he proposes a radical solution. The thesis…

For my SPEAKING assignment I chose to take a closer look at William Wallace’s motivational speech in Braveheart. This speech may be taken place on a battlefield in Scotland so many years ago but I can see this happening today. We live in an uncertain society in uncertain times and I feel this speech calls to me. I get emotional every time a see it. The Scottish and English have been fighting over freedom for over a hundred years. England owns Scotland and in doing so have been very cruel to the…

Eating children? That went too far, but that was the thing that was needed to protest against the conditions Ireland lived because of the bad treatment of England. Ireland had beggars and starving children everywhere, money was short in supply because all of the money was sent to the rich landlord in England, some policies of England kept the Irish poor and hungry. Eating children will be unbearable, that was a thing that no one even should think about, a thing that would be unforgivable. The…

Calypso: A Sea Nymph of Selfishness or Passion? Calypso [Kalypso, Kalupsô], written as Καλυψω in Greek, was the sea nymph in Homer’s epic, The Odyssey. the only context in which she is referred to. Her name, when translated, means “to conceal” and her father was Atlas, the titan who held up the sky. She lived on the island Ogygia, in which she was placed a prisoner for helping her father during the battle of Olympians and Titans. Calypso is mostly symbolized as a diversion, a force that keeps…

In his essay, "A Modest Proposal," Jonathan Swift proposes a plan to bring his home country, Ireland, back to order after years of extreme poverty. Swift's purpose is to convey the idea that sacrificing the children of poor citizens is the only solution to improve the country's economy and correct the "deplorable state of the kingdom" (832). Swift adopts an insincere and ironic tone to reveal his frustration with society and present his "modest proposal". Swift begins by establishing a…

“Guests of a Nation” is a short story that talks about the conflict between duty and humanitarianism. Bonaparte, the narrator, an Irish soldier, starts the story a hopeful and compassionate solider despite being at war. He get to know the English hostages, Hawkins and Belcher, as friends. Bonaparte puts aside his duty, and lets his humanitarian side ultimately damaging him, when the Englishmen are executed. By the end of the story, Bonaparte no longer sees the good of bad situations, and is…

main idea of this story is about a disaster that struck Ireland overnight. Blight attacked the potato crops, turning them black and destroying the only real food of Ireland. The title of my book is Black Potatoes, and the author is Susan Campbell Bartoletti. History is the genre of the book. The pov of the book is third person. The story takes place in the country of Ireland. The time period of the famine is 1845-1850.”The weather in Ireland has always been fickle.” Fickle means that the…

“A Modest Proposal” and Elizabeth Warren in “The Vanishing Middle Class” argue about the flawed economic system of their respective countries one being the United States and the other Ireland. Swift argues how the poverty of the poor is dragging down the middle class and is ruining the beautiful country of Ireland as well. On the contrary Warren argues on how a strong middle class is needed in order to help out a lower class that is struggling. Because Swift notices that their needs to be a…

When asked “What is home?”, a variety of answers can be deemed correct. Home can be considered a place of residency, a family unit, a place where something flourishes, along with many other interpretations. Whatever one’s connotation of home is, it is almost always considered to be viewed in a positive light. This is because home is a place of comfort. When you are at what you consider home, there are no expectations, and it is no doubt a place of acceptance. It is a safe place, where one can…