Contradictions In A Modest Proposal

In A Modest Proposal, Jonathan Swift presents a scheme to rid Ireland of the starving masses leaching off the state by starting a trade that promotes killing and eating the young poor poppers as livestock. Through this message paired with proper and detached diction, gruesome imagery and heavy amounts of satire, Swift illustrates the dehumanization of the masses by the elite. Additionally, he highlights the contradictions between seemingly civilized rules of society compared with the actual corruption at its core. Presenting the solution to the issue, Swift calls the masses potential “breeders”, which brings them down to the level of livestock (2634). Using this barbaric way of looking at another human being paired with the detached and proper