Satire is a literary manner that blends a critical attitude with humor and wit for the purpose of improving human institutions or humanity and used to inspire and encourage change. As you begin to read Swift’s proposal, you assume that he is dead serious, because he starts out by explaining the major problem that the people of Dublin are having, which is the beggars and lower end of society have a plethora of children and not being able to afford to take care of them. He says that whoever can come up with a method “of making these children sound and useful members of the commonwealth, would deserve so well of the public, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation” (Swift 341). Which at the time of the writing would be a very good reward for the person coming up with the method, and after this line you assume that he is going to purpose a serious and legitimate
Satire is a literary manner that blends a critical attitude with humor and wit for the purpose of improving human institutions or humanity and used to inspire and encourage change. As you begin to read Swift’s proposal, you assume that he is dead serious, because he starts out by explaining the major problem that the people of Dublin are having, which is the beggars and lower end of society have a plethora of children and not being able to afford to take care of them. He says that whoever can come up with a method “of making these children sound and useful members of the commonwealth, would deserve so well of the public, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation” (Swift 341). Which at the time of the writing would be a very good reward for the person coming up with the method, and after this line you assume that he is going to purpose a serious and legitimate