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In 1729, Swift worked for Irish causes by writing "A Modest Proposal," a satire showing the brutal indifference the English demonstrated toward the starving Irish. Swift accused the British Parliament of cruelty and economists of the period who saw people as commodities rather than suffering individuals.

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Was johnathan swift's Modest Proposal appeal-logical or emotional?

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The narrator of johnathan swifts a modest proposal is?

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What is the symbol in a modest proposal by johnathan swift?

Jonathan Swift wrote "A Modest Proposal" to call attention to abuses inflicted on Irish Catholics by well-to-do English Protestants. He believed England was exploiting and oppressing Ireland. "A Modest Proposal" 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.


The narrator of Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal is what?

A Modest Proposal was written in 1729 by Jonathan Swift. It is written about the crop failures in Ireland. The narrator is satirical.


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.


Which satire was written as a criticism of England's colonial rule of Ireland?

"A Modest Proposal"


Which satire was written as a criticism of Englands colonial rule of Ireland?

"A Modest Proposal"


Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal was a satirical suggestion for how to solve what problems in Ireland?

A Modest Proposal was a satirical suggestion for solving poverty and overpopulation in Ireland by proposing that impoverished Irish families sell their children as food to the rich.


The proposal in modest proposal?

In "A Modest Proposal," Jonathan Swift satirically suggests that poor Irish families should sell their infants as a food source to wealthy English landlords to alleviate poverty and overpopulation in Ireland. It was a scathing critique of British economic policies in Ireland and the dehumanizing effect of inequality.


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.


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.


Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal was a satirical suggestion for how to solve the problems in Ireland?

overpopulation