Thesis Statement For A Modest Proposal
A Modest Proposal General questions
Ezra Barrett
This piece is about Swifts suggestion that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling children as food for rich gentlemen and ladies. By doing this he mocks the authority of the British officials.
Swift formats his piece with heavy satire requiring the reader to dig for the complete idea of the piece. Yet the thesis statements in the opening ,with it being the “modest proposal”. The parallelism in this piece is few .The author ,in my opinion , used too much irony and satire ,so much that it made it difficult for me to read.
In the piece Swift uses a lot of irony,examples being "I rather recommend buying the children alive, and dressing them
hot from the knife, as we do roasting pigs." Also “I have been assured by a very knowing americanof my acquaintance in London,that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious,nourishing,and wholesome food , whether stewed , roasted or boiled...” this quote exhibits both irony and satire in which the essay is laced with.
4.The intended audience of “A Modest Proposal” is the upper class in Ireland including, nobles kings and the rich. The piece was intended to shock the the readers into awareness of the impoverished life of the Irish . The piece was also a cry for Catholicism since there was a protestant king of Ireland the Catholics had great prejudice against them.
The piece to me was difficult to read because of how much satire and irony was actually laced within the piece , it felt as though I had to fight just to get through the essay and understand the point Swift is trying to inform me of.
Swift wrote “A Modest Proposal” to call attention to abuses inflicted on Irish Catholics by English Protestants. Swift himself was a Protestant, but he was also a native of Ireland, having been born in Dublin of English parents. Swift satirizes the English landlords with outrageous humor, saying that Irish infants be sold as food at age one, when they are plump, to give the Irish a new source of income and the English a new food product to improve their economy and eliminate a economic problem.
7.I thought Swifts effectiveness was good ,but the piece was too heavy with satire and irony . I understand now that he was just trying to shock the upper class ,and to give the poor people of Ireland a voice to the government.
Ezra Barrett
This piece is about Swifts suggestion that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling children as food for rich gentlemen and ladies. By doing this he mocks the authority of the British officials.
Swift formats his piece with heavy satire requiring the reader to dig for the complete idea of the piece. Yet the thesis statements in the opening ,with it being the “modest proposal”. The parallelism in this piece is few .The author ,in my opinion , used too much irony and satire ,so much that it made it difficult for me to read.
In the piece Swift uses a lot of irony,examples being "I rather recommend buying the children alive, and dressing them
hot from the knife, as we do roasting pigs." Also “I have been assured by a very knowing americanof my acquaintance in London,that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious,nourishing,and wholesome food , whether stewed , roasted or boiled...” this quote exhibits both irony and satire in which the essay is laced with.
4.The intended audience of “A Modest Proposal” is the upper class in Ireland including, nobles kings and the rich. The piece was intended to shock the the readers into awareness of the impoverished life of the Irish . The piece was also a cry for Catholicism since there was a protestant king of Ireland the Catholics had great prejudice against them.
The piece to me was difficult to read because of how much satire and irony was actually laced within the piece , it felt as though I had to fight just to get through the essay and understand the point Swift is trying to inform me of.
Swift wrote “A Modest Proposal” to call attention to abuses inflicted on Irish Catholics by English Protestants. Swift himself was a Protestant, but he was also a native of Ireland, having been born in Dublin of English parents. Swift satirizes the English landlords with outrageous humor, saying that Irish infants be sold as food at age one, when they are plump, to give the Irish a new source of income and the English a new food product to improve their economy and eliminate a economic problem.
7.I thought Swifts effectiveness was good ,but the piece was too heavy with satire and irony . I understand now that he was just trying to shock the upper class ,and to give the poor people of Ireland a voice to the government.