Satire In A Modest Proposal

Many people see or hear about tragedies around the world; however, few actually do something about it. People seem to think that the news, itself, will fix the problem. This idea is incorrect according to John Swift and T. Coraghessan Boyle. Both authors propose solutions that are ironic and abstractly forward and blunt for a problem in their lives. In “A Modest Proposal”, the theme of the short story is all but modest. The proposal is that the people of Ireland should start eating babies in order to dilute the population and to provide money (to, for example, the renters) for the poor who cannot afford food. John Swift uses this ironic satire in order to catch the reader's attention. It is his way of saying ‘here is a ridiculous idea, now think of an actual solution’. The solution that Swift proposes is one that would work but is deemed immoral.
As John Swift is writing “A Modest Proposal” he using words that make the readers stomach turn.
Swifts word choices are disturbing and gruesome, in order to pull emotions out of the readers. Swift is trying to make the readers dislike his idea so that they will propose an idea to fix the problem that will actually work. The work is a little exaggerated because I believe that a person's morals would kick in and they would not be able to actually eat babies. In “Top of the Food Chain” the people and country in the story are infested in mosquitoes. The news is recording the mass problem but is not actually doing anything about it. So T. Coraghessan Boyle has the people of the country come up with a plan that would obviously not work but is the only thing that they are able to think of. They create a cycle by bring a large quantity of animals higher on the food chain to eat the lower class animals. For example to kill the mosquitoes the people of the country bring in a large mass of geckos. Boyle has created ironic
satire T. Coraghessan Boyle had written out the entire plan of his proposal in order to show readers that his plan was ridiculous. Boyle’s work uses hyperbole because his plan is overstated in the fact that he does write out every detail of the solution. The tone of the story is not comedy but it is not entirely serious. “Top of the Food Chain” does not turn reader’s stomach like “A Modest Proposal” but instead makes the readers irritated. Both “A Modest Proposal” and “Top of the Food Chain” are written in satire. Both short stories are used in order to grasp reader's attention. The authors, John Swift and T. Coraghessan Boyle, are trying to get the readers to find a solution for the problems that occur in each story. Both Swift and Boyle use ironic satire. However, Swift tries to make the reader disgusted will Boyle is trying to make the reader irritated. Both authors focus on trying to reach the emotions of the readers so they will feel obligated to find a solution.