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Jonathan Swift proposes that children at the age of one would be used as food and their skin as clothes...and he supports his ideas with facts, examples, and reasons, as well as the usage of the different kinds of appeals.

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What is the significance the title of A Modest Proposal?

The significance was that it was NOT a very modest proposal. Ireland was experiencing a horrible famine, and people were starving. The writer proposed an exaggerated solution to the problem- that the Irish should become cannibals, and eat their babies.


When was A Modest Proposal created?

"A Modest Proposal" was written by Jonathan Swift in 1729.


What countries was in the modest proposal?

"The Modest Proposal" was written by Jonathan Swift in 1729 and proposed that impoverished Irish families could sell their children as food to wealthy English landowners as a satirical solution to poverty in Ireland. The countries involved in the proposal were Ireland and England.


What is ironic about the speaker's rejection of other solutions to Ireland's problem in a modest proposal?

The irony lies in the speaker's extreme proposal of eating children as a solution to Ireland's economic issues. While the speaker rejects other less extreme solutions, such as fair trade and improving conditions for the poor, his proposed solution is both shocking and inhumane. This highlights the absurdity and satire in Swift's "A Modest Proposal."


Why is the modest proposal called modest?

Jonathan Swift's title is sarcastic, because "The Modest Proposal" is a satire of the conditions facing lower-class people in Ireland at the time it was written. His suggestion of eating children is outrageous; it is called "modest" sarcastically because the satire is meant to draw attention to the problem in Ireland through irony and exaggerations and understatements.

Related Questions

What satirical essay by Jonathan Swift proposed cannibalism?

A Modest Proposal


Why is the modest proposal being proposed?

not until paragraph 7 that the reader is aware that this is a satire.


What is the significance the title of A Modest Proposal?

The significance was that it was NOT a very modest proposal. Ireland was experiencing a horrible famine, and people were starving. The writer proposed an exaggerated solution to the problem- that the Irish should become cannibals, and eat their babies.


When was A Modest Proposal created?

"A Modest Proposal" was written by Jonathan Swift in 1729.


What countries was in the modest proposal?

"The Modest Proposal" was written by Jonathan Swift in 1729 and proposed that impoverished Irish families could sell their children as food to wealthy English landowners as a satirical solution to poverty in Ireland. The countries involved in the proposal were Ireland and England.


Is a modest proposal a true story?

"A Modest Proposal" is a satirical essay written by Jonathan Swift in 1729. It is not a true story, but rather a piece of literature that uses dark humor and exaggeration to critique social and political issues of the time.


What is swifts attitude towards england is the story a modest proposal?

Chicken nuggets


What describes A Modest Proposal?

A Modest Proposal is best described as a juvenile satire.


What does modest stand for in a modest proposal?

humble


When was A Modest Video Game Proposal created?

A Modest Video Game Proposal was created in 2005.


What language did Jonathan Swift use in a modest proposal?

Jonathan Swift wrote "A Modest Proposal" in English.


What is the genre of a modest proposal?

"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift is a satirical essay.