Odelia Clark September 23‚ 2010 Journal Entry A Modest Proposal By Jonathan Swift Even though it was a satirical essay‚ you could read between the lines the anger he had towards the English Protestants that inflicted abuse on the Irish Catholics. The part I really enjoyed was his reference to the children being substantial enough for the landlords‚ since they had already devoured the parents‚ meaning the landlords had robbed them in a sense they had eaten them up‚ I just like the way he put
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Illegal Immigration: A Modest Proposal In today’s society‚ America is faced with the problem of illegal immigration. Every day more and more illegal immigrants are crossing into the United States from foreign countries. Border control from Mexico to the United States does not work‚ obviously‚ because there are not enough Border Patrol agents to place at least half a mile apart from each other. Instead of finding a way to prevent the immigrants from coming on over‚ the United States just threw up
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The Surprise Party At eight o’clock of the evening of my lucky birthday‚ I was alone at home grumbling and frowning‚ shouting furiously and pitying myself for my misfortune. I thought it was going to be a special day filled with presents and fun‚ but all I received was a “Happy Birthday”. All of a sudden‚ the electricity cut off and there was a complete darkness in the house. I couldn’t do anything therefore I decided to go to sleep and end this unlucky day. Out of the blue in that
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The big surprise. Two years ago I was with my family visiting Chiapas‚ we were in Palenque and we rented a car so that it was easy for us to move around the entire city and visiting all the nearest towns around‚ the plan was to go in the car around the country. One of the first days we went to visit the entire archeologist zone and the pyramids. My brother and I went to the car like at 10 am to leave some souvenirs and a big statue of a cougar that my mother bought so we can walk more easily and
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Surprise of a lifetime The sun was shining in brightly and violently onto our pale skin through the small crack of the curtain that was left partially open from the night before. As I slowly began to wake I realized a shadow standing off to the side of my bed‚ quickly I opened my eyes straining to see this figure through the incoming sun beams. The figure moved and I soon realized it was just my husband Cody as he came closer I let out a long sigh in relief‚ and giggled a little out loud
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a Baby With That? In 1729‚ Jonathan Swift‚ the author of Gulliver’s Travels‚ published his piece “A Modest Proposal‚” based on the hardships many Irish were enduring at this time. In Ireland‚ years of drought had been exacerbated by a crop failure; this was the leading cause of thousands of Irish men and woman starving to death. The English simply ignored this tragedy and “A Modest Proposal” was Swift’s way of responding. Swift reveals a sardonic and skeptical way of perceiving issues through
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“A Modest Proposal‚” written by Jonathon Swift‚ presents a number of problems in Ireland in 1729. Swift writes to an economically depressed‚ famine filled‚ and ill Ireland in an attempt to persuade families to help solve the countries sufferings. Stating‚ “mothers instead of being able to work for their honest livelihood are forced to employ all their time in strolling‚ to beg sustenance for their helpless infants‚” Swift effectively paints a picture for his audience to better understand the intensity
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Commentary: Moral Responsibility Jonathan Swift cleverly illustrates a very “humble” solution to the crisis in Ireland in his personal essay‚ “A Modest Proposal.” His voice urges annoyance and frustration‚ evoking a tone of sarcasm. Through the use of cynical language‚ he creates an intense and informative response. He uses language to create imagery which he intends to elicit a response of shock and moral responsibility. His intention is to mock Ireland and the economic crisis they have got
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A Modest Proposal by Jonathon Swift Starving Mothers and Children Audience Analysis My target audience is fellow college students needing a summary of Jonathon Swift’s piece A Modest Proposal. My audience is college students that range from all ages. My audience has read the piece. If my audience read the essay and took it literal there will be moral issues‚ ethical issues‚ and political issues come up. I was in shock when I first read the essay but after looking into it I understand it
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Faiyz Siraj #6110991 Professor Bider 603-103 EPIPHANY AND THE SHORT STORY 29 April 2013 The Frivolous Obsession of the Hobbling Creature in “Shiloh” The short story “Shiloh”‚ which has a partially omniscient narrator‚ is written by Bobbie Ann Mason. It is about a failing relationship of a couple who has been together for 15 years. After an accident Leroy Moffit‚ a truck driver‚ finally returns home‚ expecting to spend time with his wife Norma Jean and he is determined to build her a log cabin
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