Katie Steed English 1302 – P03 25 February 2011 “A Modest Proposal” as a Satirical Example for Students Community College or an Ivy League school‚ every freshman gets to experience the joy we all know as English One. Many schools argue about what text should be analyzed in order to most effectively point out the “do’s and do not’s” of writing a paper to better prepare students for many essays to come. Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” would be a great addition to a first-year English textbook
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In A Modest Proposal Swift adopts the mocking persona of a concerned economist who suggests that‚ in order to better combat the devastating poverty and overpopulation of Ireland‚ the children of the poor be sold as food to the wealthy. As a result‚ he argues‚ not only will the population be reduced‚ but the income of the poor will increase significantly as they sell their children. In developing this outrageous thesis‚ Swift provides abundant detail‚ projecting the costs of child rearing (which will
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March 20‚ 2000 Paper #3 Jonathan Swift in his essay‚ "A Modest Proposal" suggests a unique solution to the problem concerning poor children in Ireland. Swift uses several analytical techniques like statistics‚ induction‚ and testimony to persuade his readers. His idea is admirable because he suggests that instead of putting money into the problem‚ one can make money from the problem. However‚ his proposal is inhumane. Swift wrote his proposal for those that were tired of looking at poor
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Jonathan Swift Rhetorical Analysis "A Modest Proposal"‚ by Jonathan Swift‚ is a biting satire about life in 18th century Ireland‚ in which the author seeks to find "a fair‚ cheap‚ and easy method" to transform the sick and starving children of Ireland into productive members of society. Paragraph 20 -26 of the essay illustrates the advantages of Swift’s proposal‚ hardly modest‚ which is to fatten up undernourished poor children and then sell them to more well-to-do families as food. By presenting
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“A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift The essay starts in an interesting way by establishing the speaker (Jonathan Swift) as a concerned citizen sad about the Irish poor people‚ who are suffering in the community. Then Swift disgusts his ideas on how to help Ireland and move forward in a better direction. Swift talks about poor people selling their one-year old children to be killed and sold to rich people as a high priced meat product. Finally‚ he discusses statistical support to his ideas including:
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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 from poverty‚ famine and disease‚ all of which‚ he said‚ could be prevented. In his satire titled‚ "A Modest Proposal"‚ Swift explains how
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poster DVD cover for a well known teenage film. I will discuss the targeted audience for this particular genre and finish by analyzing my own film poster and DVD cover. For my research I watched various teen movies from the teenage genre. My proposal is for a teen relationship
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Something akin to panic is communicated onto my sterile computer screen‚ then my furrowed brow and soon my troubled mind when I sit alone‚ in the dark of my room and explore ideas and possibilities. Turning the light on and the computer off doesn’t dissolve my disturbed mood; nothing does until the outside can creep in and warm me. It’s usually a human voice; something more real than the essays and articles I read on global warming and remote ice caps that melt slowly every year. The fear settles
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Cannibalism and Satire in Swift’s Proposal Cannibalism and Satire in Swift’s Proposal In the article “A Modest Proposal” (1729)‚ Jonathan Swift effectively vents his aggravation in regard to the treatment of the poor in Ireland. Swift is frustrated with the Irish as well in their inability to get themselves out of the state in which they find themselves. Irony is the weapon used in this satirical essay in which Swift writes about his “proposal” of selling infants to wealthy citizens for food
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Swift’s Modest Proposal for the Preventing the Children of Poor People from being a burden to their Parents or Country‚ and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public is a satire of the English opinion of the Irish‚ barbarians. Though this is a satire‚ Swift has a good point about eating children. In the world today there are approximately 6 billion people‚ many being children. By the year 2050‚ according to the World Population Profile: 1998‚ the population will reach 9.3 billion. Consumption
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