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    In both A Modest Proposal and The Rape of The Lock irony is used to mock the social/political values of the time. In A Modest ProposalJonathan Swift proposes that the impoverished Irish should sell their children as food to the rich in order to help ease their economic misfortunes. As enticing as cannibalism sounds‚ Swift hardly wished for the slaughter of thousands of one-year-old babies. Swift’s somewhat brutal satire was created to display the blasé character of society in order to provoke a

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    AP English Language and Composition Ms. Bond Modest Proposal Assignment After reading Swift’s “A Modest Proposal‚” it is time for you to be the satirist. First think of a major problem in modern society (It can be a domestic or international struggle). Then create an absurd solution but effectively argue that solution with ethos‚ logos and pathos. Do not be afraid to experiment with so-called experts‚ fantastic statistics and confusing syllogism (when you come to a conclusion from two different

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    I have heard that "A Modest Proposal" is considered one of the finest examples of satire in world literature. Written in the persona of a well-intentioned economist and published in the form of a popular pamphlet‚ the tract argues that the problem of poverty in Ireland can best be remedied by selling the children of the poor as food for the wealthy. This outlandish thesis is a manifestation of Swift’s outrage at what he saw as the scandalous economic and political policies of the Irish and English

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    Vincent Reyes December 16‚ 2010 English P.3 Craven A Modest Proposal Essay “A Modest Proposal” is a strongly written satire by Jonathon Swift. In the essay‚ Swift applies nearly all of the elements of satire. Some of the most obvious elements are his use of creating a persona and his exaggeration. Beginning by analyzing the title‚ “A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland from Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country‚ and For Making Them Beneficial to The

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    9/24/2013 A Modest Proposal Essay I was watching a TV show the other day about obesity‚ and they were talking about all the different ways to reduce obesity in America‚ and as they were discussing the ideas to deal with this problem I thought of one myself. The government should organize a yearly competition in which all the obese people in America are obligated to compete‚ and all of those who don’t make it through the event are sent to Africa‚ so that their bodies can feed the starving

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    folly is attacked through irony‚ derision‚ or wit" (Dictionary.com). We can see all different kinds of satire through the ages. Classical satire‚ political satire‚ modern satire and even cruel satire are preset in our world today. A few famous satirists are Jonathan Swift‚ Jon Stewart‚ and Mark Twain and are prime examples of the different ages of satire. Jonathan Swift was an Irishman who wrote satire about the failing condition of his nation. In the time of Swift‚ his nation was suffering

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    “A Modest Proposal” Surprise Ending july 29‚ 2012 | | The ending of “A Modest Proposal” came of great surprise because throughout the beginning of this article Mr. Swift gave perception of a person that was clearly upset with deplorable conditions of the quality of life in Ireland. Where constantly spoke about the

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    If SwiftsModest Proposal’ is satire‚ as everyone seems to think‚ then I am even more repulsed in the writing than I was before. Everyone at the webinar the other day thought the little baby was such a cute‚ darling‚ little thing‚ and I agree‚ life is beautiful. To find humor in‚ or joke about‚ killing and eating babies is quite disgusting actually. Finding humour in something so disturbing‚ grotesque and violent‚ is quite assaulting to human dignity. The fact‚ that the author distanced himself

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    A critical analysis of ‘A Modest Proposal’ ‘A Modest Proposal’ is a Juvenalian satirical essay which was written by Jonathon Swift in 1729; a period of great inequality in Ireland which was then ruled by England. During this period‚ the poorer sections of the Irish population were subject to severe economic hardship‚ in which thousands literally starved to death every year whilst others were forced to beg in order to survive. Swift‚ along with many others‚ was dissatisfied with what he perceived

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    Word choice gives Swift artillery to create satire in "A Modest Proposal". In "A Modest Proposal"‚ Swift uses several different words to create satire‚ one of which is the word ’breeders ’. He uses the term breeders in reference to the women. In several paragraphs he talks about these breeders and their role. "I calculate there may be about 200‚000 couples whose wives are breeders;"(Swift 2) The way that he refers to the women as breeders instead of mothers‚ wives or women creates satire. Instead

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