![]() ![]() It is a melancholy object to those, who walk through this great town, or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the roads and cabbin-doors crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags, and importuning every passenger for an alms. Gauging the writer’s strategy in achieving purposeĪnalysis of the impact of details upon audiences A MODEST PROPOSAL For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland,įrom being a burden on their parents or country,Īnd for making them beneficial to the publick. (Your answer should discuss the real problems and the better way of being that Swift assumes.)ĥ) Lastly, what makes this a funny essay? ![]() ![]() Remember, satire points out flaws in society with the (quite conservative) goal of getting us to a better way of being or of doing. Cite one of the most effective of these examples.ģ) What is the purpose of the detail in the example you noted in #2?Ĥ) Restate Swift’s satirical thesis. 1) What is the serious social problem Swift is actually trying to address? (Hint: The answer is not that there are too many Irish children!)Ģ) There are several details in the essay that speak to the viability of further exploiting humans–this time, as a food source. ![]()
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