A Modest Proposal Literary Analysis

A Literary Proposal of A Modest Proposal An issue that plagues today's society is the ever-approaching threat of overpopulation. This problem is the one that keeps most experts on edge more than any other apocalyptic theory. Currency is limited, but the ability to reproduce is not and the issue of “how can I support a home and family on welfare” is what most in need ponder every day. The threat is not uncommon, in fact it is the same premise for Jonathan Swift’s 1729 pamphlet A Modest Proposal. My choice for choosing Swift’s piece comes from the fact that the poor and their children is still an issue that affects most of the world even today. A Modest Proposal is also rather ingenious in the fact that at the time of its publication, it went
They didn’t see that it was a stand against how the poor were being treated by the upperclass that were more focused on staying linked to England rather than becoming an independent country (Watley). People went about expressing themselves by a much higher standard than what is accepted now. What is interesting the most is that being a politician did not used to be a full time job, that is why to make a logical argument, one needed proof and make a coherent pamphlet (Weeks). But now politicians stay in for so long that slander and libel must be thrown because they forgot who they are, they are members of the general public as well. But swift did a joking piece of political argument first and he did it better than any contemporary political reviewer could today. Maybe if our journalists were as good as Jonathan Swift and his satire, people would actually care about their political world around them. But such brilliant works have been accidentally volunteered to be read almost exclusively in English classes. But like I said, I doubt any writer today could match Swift’s irony, stance or shock value through bait-and-switch methods. Now they just throw words at a wall and see what