A Modest Proposal A Satire

Have you ever wondered what it must feel like to roam the streets of your beautiful hometown, only to see women and children struggling financially?. Well, In Dublin, Ireland it was quite normal to see most of the town overflowing with beggars, at least that’s what Jonathan Swift states in his well known satire “A Modest Proposal.” Ireland was under a british rule since 1171, which meant that the irish were being controlled by the british. At the time the british parliament passed on some laws that limited the irish catholics rights. England’s trade policies greatly oppressed the irish economy.

Jonathan Swift wrote a rather exaggerating proposal, He goes on stating “ that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most
As people, getting distracted from important events happening around us has become normal but, often times this hurts our community and the people all around the world because we don't seek help to make changes for unfortunate impoverished women, men, and children. Swift mentions his thesis “I profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that I have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work,” (706) Swift clarifies in this statement that his whole idea of cannibalism towards children is nothing more than just an impractical idea. Today there is an almost identical situation that fits his thesis. The United States Of America has after eight years a new president in the white house. President Trump before being elected talked about our trade deals and how he would like to renegotiate the NAFTA trade deals, NAFTA stands for North American Free Trade Agreement. Mexico and Canada bring in goods to the U.S. and the moment that President Trump signs to abolish this agreement, Mexico would suffer economically because taxes would go up and Mexico’s economy for the past years has gone down drastically causing destitution. Swift quotes “Having no other motive than the public good of my country, by advancing trade, providing for infants, relieving the poor.”
We still see today beggars whilst we go and come back from certain places. Mexico a very familiar country close to us is an example, although there is many people in Mexico making a good living, there is also people living in the streets with no homes. When crossing the border to enter back into our city of Laredo we still see people holding their plastic or foam cups towards us in hope of getting any change or money and most of the times they don't end up making enough to support their loved ones financially everyday. Although, Mexico is one of the many examples of places that suffer from mild poverty there is still a great quantity of other locations that deal with extreme scarcity. The most common places that deal with this include India, South-East Asia, Africa and South America. Amongst these common places we also find contrastive groups that undergo poverty such as homeless, fringe dwellers, the unemployed, single parents and those who are brought into a life where their family don't make enough money. Our poor still to this day are still at a great disadvantage and Jonathan Swift was one of the few, great people who wanted to support his country and try to do something to get attention to relieve the