Swift's A Modest Proposal
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In “A Modest Proposal,” Jonathan Swift is writing about the problems in Ireland in the late 1600s and early 1700s. When Swift says, “……when they see the streets, the roads and cabin-doors crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags, and im ....
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.... be poor, and dependent on the English for everything.
In the essay, the persona goes on to present an idea for a solution to the problem.
He states that the best solution would be for the Irish to sell their infant children to the English. If the Irish nurse their children until they are one year old, they will be plump enough for the English to use as food. They can also use their skin to make leather that the men can make into boots, and the women can make into gloves. This way no parts ....
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Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
