A Modest Proposal written in 1729 by Jonathan Swift is a Juvenalian satirical essay. Swift’s purpose in writing this proposal was to point out the problems in Ireland‚ which was poverty and overpopulation of poor people. He sarcastically suggested that the solution to solve these problems was to eat children. Thus‚ this is what makes his satirical essay Juvenalian. It is Juvenalian because it is filled with dark moral indignation and absurd suggestion of murdering thousands of innocent children and
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found in many works of controversy or politics. Its uses are important because they point out the faults of a particular time and gives a voice to those who cannot openly express their views. Two works of literary merit which feature Satire are A Modest Proposal and The Rape of the Lock. The Rape of the Lock was written by Alexander Pope in 1712. The tale is based on an actual incident in which two families that fall into a dispute. Main character‚ Belinda‚ has a lock of her hair cut by the Baron
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Alternative Ending for Bridge to Terabithia Jesse had just made May Belle the new queen of Terabithia. The spirits of Terabithia came down after May Belle was queen. They came to congratulate May Belle for being the new queen and to thank Jesse for being such a good king. But after‚ something very surprising was said by the spirits. “Terabithia is no longer an imaginary land but is now apart of the real world. Every inhabitant of Terabithia will become real because we are now ruled by the rightful
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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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“Dittany‚ murtlap‚ Silver Polish…” Kadrea muttered under her breath. She planted her heels into the uneven road as she walked‚ holding her head up and keeping her gaze in front of her. She had learned at least one thing in the past few years; if you act like you have nothing to hide‚ then people often assume that you don’t. She had seen far too many others followed after sneaking around in plain sight. She didn’t think about how she had never seen some of those people again later. “Mint‚ flour
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Kerplunk! A rain drop slipped from the crack in the ceiling and fell onto Bart’s forehead. He heard the school children whooping outside his window and Gus shuffling around at the foot of the bed. It was time for the day to begin. Bart wondered what he would see today. He walked carefully down the creaky wooden steps‚ grasping the handrail tightly. The scent of fresh biscuts drifted into the kitchen; Bart felt his stomach rumble. He hoped Mrs. Gilliard saved a few for him. He grabbed
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One family to rule them all one day to divide them. On a cold October night a door to a magical world up to a new world. The world of clown in this world a family called the Snooty lived. They where not ordinary for they used there skills for different things. Torture and pain‚ that’s their love and safety. A group of twisted clowns. Now in the family there is a mom and dad. Lucky who is kind and caring until you cross her‚ Bongo who loves to play pranks with red hair and scary make up. Pogo‚ Bright
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2:47am Taking in a deep breath she turned her head to the sky again‚ stars littered the sky like splattered pain on a canvas and the moon shun brightly against the dark contrast of the night‚ how was it that she always found herself in the forest at night? It seemed as though it wasn’t only hours before had she been lounging around Fangtasia‚ listening to Ginger as she talked about this and that‚ and to Jessica as she complained about not having the experience of a real vampire. She had become
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They both watched as a giant cube of energy exploded from the capsules and severed the Hollow’s arm. Naoko blinked and tore her attention away from the beast and to her bracelet. A simple silver chain encircled her thin wrist and swinging from it was small silver cross with a pair of crescent moons pointing outward. She held her arm out and tried to focus on drawing reishi particles in to her hand like Uryu had taught her. But his teachings were proving to have been for naught because Naoko could
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