A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burden to Their Parents or the Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Country
No. of pages 46
Published: 2019
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"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift is a satirical essay written in 1729 advocating for a shocking solution to the poverty in Ireland. Swift suggests that the impoverished Irish could alleviate their burdens by selling their children as food to the wealthy. Through this extreme suggestion, he highlights the suffering of the poor and criticizes British policies that oppress them. The essay uses irony and hyperbole to provoke thought about social issues, revealing the inhumanity of treating people as mere commodities. Swift's work remains a powerful commentary on class disparity and exploitation. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].
There are 46 pages in this book. This book was published in 2019 by HardPress Ltd .
Anglo-Irish poet, satirist and clergyman, Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), was born in Dublin to English parents. He embarked on a career as diplomatic secretary and became increasingly involved in politics. He published many satirical works of verse and prose, including A Tale of a Tub, A Modest Proposal, and Gulliver's Travels.