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    eat the babies. According to Swift‚ “The mother will have eight shillings net profit‚ and be fit for work till she produces another child” (A Modest Proposal). The poor families will be able to pay for rent have and live a better lifestyle because of the income that will be coming into the household. The author states‚ “I think the advantages by the proposal which I have made are obvious and many‚ as well as of the highest importance (Swift). The reasoning he has stated are facts but is an inhuman

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    Genesis one can be interpreted in two ways‚ in both a literary and historical context‚ which help us understand the meaning of the book of the bible. It is known today that Genesis One is the creation story‚ where God created Earth‚ light‚ water‚ land‚ and animals in a course of six days. Then of course‚ Adam and Eve‚ which leaves the seventh day of the calendar as the day of rest‚ also known as the Sabbath day. In a literary context God’s creation of the Earth and all that was in it was made to promote

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    "A Modest Proposal" was published in 1729 by Jonathan Smith. This particular satirical essay is widely renowned as one of the best examples of ironic literature with a message in English throughout history. Jonathan had the best interest of the people in mind while he wrote this explicit peice of brutal irony. He modestly proposes that selling children as food may help the financial and ecenomic state of the country‚ and perhaps even bring down the population of sickley‚ worthless mouths as well

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    poverty. What would you do? Would you agree to solution even though it might be barbaric? Or would you agree to stand up as a community and face the problem head on? In A Modest Proposal‚ Johnathan Swift had an idea‚ his idea was to prevent children from being burthen to their parents. Swift wrote a cruel yet eye opening proposal that he wanted society to be aware of. Swift uses logos by illuminating how the structure used to by giving us an notion of numerical data and interlinks with how today society’s

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    Christina Nguyen Mrs. Morris AP Eng 11 March 3‚ 2013 United States obtains the highest obesity rate in the world. About one-third of the American population is obese‚ and nearly 400‚000 individuals die a year due to obesity. Yet these obese people obtain special privileges and get sympathy of their condition due to personal choices. It couldn’t get any worst than that right? Wrong. Statistics are continuing to rise. Why is it that obese people get to have special treatment? They are able

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    The British author Graham Swift wrote‚ “You may have your suspicions‚ your fears‚ you may even believe there is something‚ somewhere‚ terribly‚ drastically wrong‚ but because someone else is in charge‚ because there is a part of the system above you don’t know‚ you don’t question it‚ you even distrust your own doubts” (Shuttlecock‚ 1981). Children can play on your heartstrings‚ and as a parent‚ you must have an open heart and mind that things are not always what they seem. It was when my son got

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    Fair Play in the NBA: A Modest Proposal As surprising as it may be to those who are not themselves fans of the National Basketball Association‚ Anglo-Americans are vastly outnumbered by other ethnicities. In fact‚ African-Americans hold a majority of positions‚ command higher average salaries‚ and receive more attention for their accomplishments in the media. Although there are a number of Anglo-Americans employed by the NBA‚ few ever manage to obtain equality in the field. For example‚ the

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    ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY Jonathan swift‚ in ‘A Modest proposal’ criticizes the scandalous political and economic policies of English landlords against the oppressed Irish and proposes to eradicate this usual problem in the most unusual way. He uses satire and irony as his main tools to make his audience contemplate‚ how English landlords are shamelessly exploiting and oppressing the impoverished Irish through high rents and unfair laws. Swift paints a quick picture in the reader’s mind about the condition

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    Historical context is important because of the occasion‚ the purpose of the biblical books and what they reveal. It also involves a number of different disciplines that are political‚ social‚ cultural‚ economic and historical geography. The historical writings are interpretations and each person comes to a different conclusion about the meanings. The reading of the history is to not come up with the best interpretation but to discover the intended meaning‚ the way the original audience understood

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    In this form the readers have a projection about the time and place he talks about in the story. In this specific case the writer Jonathan Swift criticize the society behavers in his town‚ He present in the story “A Modest Proposal” the horrific situation in this place in 1729 when the Iris population had to confront during that time. Also he showing his strong angry feelings about the situation‚ with this story he has the mission to make the difference with his

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