A Modest Proposal Rhetorical Analysis
Swift, Jonathan. “A Modest Proposal.”
100 Great Essays. New York penguin Academics:
New York. 2008. Pages 669-677
Print.
[Summary]
A Modest Proposal is mainly about Jonathan Swift’s sarcastic idea of keeping the children of poor people from being a burthen to their parents, or the country, and for making them beneficial to the public: which is what the rest of the pamphlet is named.
The point is to ironically attempt to "find out a fair, cheap, and easy Method" for converting the starving children of Ireland into "sound and useful members of the
Commonwealth." All across the country poor children, mostly Catholics are living in poverty because their families are too poor to keep them fed and clothed. The author
argues, …show more content…
This ironic narrator can tell the reader with coldness about how the skin of children can be used like leather to make… “admirable gloves for ladies and summer boots for fine gentlemen,” Swift gives such subtle and witty language that the reader is almost inclined to not notice the obvious deplorable aspects and to agree with his arguments. The skillful irony that Swift gives throughout the proposal is mostly clear in the reasoning of his arguments. Also Near the beginning , Swift explains that "it is agreed by all parties" that the overpopulation of children is a problem that is "a very great additional grievance" to the current "deplorable state" of Ireland. He …show more content…
He then quickly adds, "and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout. Although the language is clear, it is at odds with its tone. Before ending the proposal, Swift states an “unsarcastic” statement. It reads:"Therefore I repeat, let no man talk to me of these and the like expedients, till he hath at least some glimpse of hope that there will ever be some hearty and sincere attempt to put them into practice."
[Personal Response] I more than enjoyed myself reading Jonathan Swift’s pamphlet “A Modest Proposal.” It just blew me away the way he used such whit to create such a wonderful satirical piece such as itself. At first he seems to be totally objective to the original severe economical problem set in front of us all. Yet he shows no mercy towards the subject. Swift uses such a serious tone; if one didn’t know what type of writing was being read, one could be easily fooled to think Swift’s proposal was indeed for real. The statement the interested me the most was, “After all, I am not so violently bent upon my own opinion as to reject any offer proposed by wise men, which shall be found equally innocent, cheap, easy, and effectual. But before something of that kind shall be advanced in contradiction to my scheme…” I enjoyed reading this part because, although here
100 Great Essays. New York penguin Academics:
New York. 2008. Pages 669-677
Print.
[Summary]
A Modest Proposal is mainly about Jonathan Swift’s sarcastic idea of keeping the children of poor people from being a burthen to their parents, or the country, and for making them beneficial to the public: which is what the rest of the pamphlet is named.
The point is to ironically attempt to "find out a fair, cheap, and easy Method" for converting the starving children of Ireland into "sound and useful members of the
Commonwealth." All across the country poor children, mostly Catholics are living in poverty because their families are too poor to keep them fed and clothed. The author
argues, …show more content…
This ironic narrator can tell the reader with coldness about how the skin of children can be used like leather to make… “admirable gloves for ladies and summer boots for fine gentlemen,” Swift gives such subtle and witty language that the reader is almost inclined to not notice the obvious deplorable aspects and to agree with his arguments. The skillful irony that Swift gives throughout the proposal is mostly clear in the reasoning of his arguments. Also Near the beginning , Swift explains that "it is agreed by all parties" that the overpopulation of children is a problem that is "a very great additional grievance" to the current "deplorable state" of Ireland. He …show more content…
He then quickly adds, "and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout. Although the language is clear, it is at odds with its tone. Before ending the proposal, Swift states an “unsarcastic” statement. It reads:"Therefore I repeat, let no man talk to me of these and the like expedients, till he hath at least some glimpse of hope that there will ever be some hearty and sincere attempt to put them into practice."
[Personal Response] I more than enjoyed myself reading Jonathan Swift’s pamphlet “A Modest Proposal.” It just blew me away the way he used such whit to create such a wonderful satirical piece such as itself. At first he seems to be totally objective to the original severe economical problem set in front of us all. Yet he shows no mercy towards the subject. Swift uses such a serious tone; if one didn’t know what type of writing was being read, one could be easily fooled to think Swift’s proposal was indeed for real. The statement the interested me the most was, “After all, I am not so violently bent upon my own opinion as to reject any offer proposed by wise men, which shall be found equally innocent, cheap, easy, and effectual. But before something of that kind shall be advanced in contradiction to my scheme…” I enjoyed reading this part because, although here