An Eye Opening Proposal In A Modest Proposal by author Jonathan Swift is an essay that uses satire to make its point A satire is a literary work that attacks or pokes fun at vices abuses stupidity and or any other fault or imperfection He adopts the persona of a concerned economist who suggests that in order to better combat the poverty and overpopulation of Ireland the children of the poor be sold as food to the wealthy As a result he argues not only will the population be reduced but the inco
In A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift the satiric writing approach can be viewed differently with two types of literary criticism theories The two theories of literary criticism that best fit into the essay are reader response and Marxism The criticism theory of Marxism is present throughout the text and is shown through Irelands lower class struggle in society The reader response criticism explains that there can be several meanings to the work and how the reader comprehends the text in compa
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