The Ironic Jonathan Swift In A Modest Proposal written by Jonathan Swift the main objective is to pay attention to the misfortune of the Irish people Swifts so called modest proposal begins by describing the very real poverty of people in Ireland Swift presents this situation quite sympathetically by portraying a surplus of children that cannot be fed and therefore the children turn into beggars and thieves Afterward he creates a persona who is an extreme patriot and draws out a scheme the poss
Transformations How has your perceptions of transformations been illuminated by your comparative study of the prescribed texts The responders understanding of transformations has been illuminated by a comparative study of Jane Austens Emma and Amy Heckerlings Clueless The word transformation refers to the change of form or appearance In order for Heckerling to transform Emma she needed to change the context of Austens 19th Century English novel Emma to better fit her 20th Century American film