Proposal of marriage

After reading W.S. Merwin’s “Unchopping a Tree”, the most devout Christian may stop and pause before taking an axe to an intricately perfect tree, to use it as a temporary giant ornament. But far more than the once a year ritual of picking out and chopping down the perfect Christmas tree or the chopping down of trees for winter fire wood, it is the tragic deforestation for profit and the destruction of animal habitat that the author is drawing our attention to.…

also wrote A Modest Proposal, both an indictment against the casual contempt of the plight of Irish and a reasonable suggestion to help the Irish 's economic distress. A Modest Proposal seems to endorse the use of Irish babies as a food source for wealthy citizens, in order to eliminate the burden of additional children in poor households and improve the economic status of low income families (Swift 2634-2637). The essay appears at a casual glance to be the monstrous proposal of a sadistic man…

the consumption of alcohol is a notable basic personality trait. The basic personality, of rural Irish consists of shyness, later marriages and heavy consumption of alcohol. As they are all inter-related (in some way or another), Scheper- Hughes aims to describe the similarities of local Irish. Whether it is shyness, loss of social capital that results in late marriage or alcoholism, one can see that the characteristics shared among local Irish are somber, obscure and…

In the novel Brave New Wolrd Aldus Huxley talks about many social and political issues in his time. Alsud Huxley uses many literary elements to talk about these political and social issues and masterfully crafts them to take part in the meaning of the book as a whole.The main literary devices the author uses are satire, repetition, and imagery. The main focus of the novel Brave New World is satire to the most extreme.The entire novel, except the end, can be summed up as satire. The book begins…

Tentative Interpretation of The False Gems The False Gems was written by Guy de Maupassant in 1883.“Maupassant is considered as one of the fathers of the modern short story”. ( wikipedia ) He always depicted human lives and destinies and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms. Readers also can find some similarities in The False Gems. Writer could invisibly finish the objective and actual description and the short story only uses thousands of words and makes the plot twists…

uneducated, impoverished youths floating aimlessly around the inner city, left to fend for themselves by the Irish state. In relating to such, it is still incomprehensible that one of the greatest pieces of satire ever composed, Jonathan Swift’s ‘A Modest Proposal’ is still as relevant today in society as it was 285 years ago. Written in 1729, in an era of Irish history where Protestant absentee landlords ruled the roost, and Roman Catholic peasants left to starve at their hands, it is a…

How does Fitz present the moral corruption of the 1920s? Fitzgerald criticizes the moral corruption of 1920s society in in the text ‘The Great Gatsby’, as one of materialism, frivolity, and hedonism. The theme of moral corruption is reflected in numerous ways, which Fitzgerald is inherently criticising through his portrayal of materialism and frivolity in upper class characters of the novel, and the symbolism of location. This links directly to the themes of the American Dream, mass consumerism…

Swift’s view is better than Hardin because Swift has had the title of being poor. The wealthy should help poor. My reasons are as following; overpopulation, famine aid, and no work. In my reading “LifeBoat Ethics” by Garrett Hardin and “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift, are both similar cases in dealing with the poor but Swift’s uses patos and Hardin agreement is based on logos. So Swift is the family guy, where as Swift is the one who…

For how short Swift’s work is, “A Modest Proposal” gives the reader a very strong representation of several aspects of human progression during the age of enlightenment. Swift gives the readers a very gruesome look at what humans are capable of. Through the age of enlightenment, people show concern for only themselves. Rather than show any concern for their peers or surroundings, the groups mentioned from Swift’s work would turn a blind eye or simply ignore the situation. Without authors such as…

in a stunning case of irony a fictional comic on the “welfare queen” by the onion's fake editorial artist “kelly” has been taken up by the very source of its satire; anti-welfare peddlers. rightfully so, the originally over the top cartoon has now become a representation of all that conservative republicans find wrong with social welfare. However, it goes beyond that,appearing at first like any american editorial cartoon with its simple lines with blatant labels on benign seeming personal…