Johnathon Swift "A Modest Proposal"
Satirist
Jonhathon Swift paints a gloomy picture with his opening line.
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It is a melancholy object
to those who walk through this great town or travel in the country,
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. Paragraph 1" This brief introduction to the present problem tells us female beggars and unfortunetely children overwhelm the streets. Pleading for substances for their food and drink, as well as financial means. Ultimately a nuisanse to their community. The author proposed a solution to the less fortunete poverty class and their infants. He encouraged that children of age (one year or less) make a mighty fine meal. Of the hundred twenty thousand poverty children, some can be used for breeding purposes. One male per every four females. These infants will then in turn be sold for shillings. As mentioned in his own words, " I have reckoned upon a
medium that a child just born will weigh 12 pounds, and in a solar year,
if tolerably nursed, increaseth to 28 pounds. Pargraph 10. (Picture above as a reference)" The author than continued by mentioning the infant will make not one, but four fullfilling meals. Especially when entertaining the friends. At the end of his article it was certain that he was a satirist. His words were of humor and over dramatizing this situation. This showed his comical humor based on other peoples irrational suggestions to such bad situation. As he mentioned, "I profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that I have not the least personal interest in endeavoring to promote this necessary work. Last paragraph." In the most common logic of this story, there is no true logic to Johnathon Swift's proposal. He has placed such a horrific humerous image as a solution to a sad situation, only to make fun of other irrational behaviors and answers to others less fortunate livelyhood. It was making fun of others who go to the extreme of something they are unfamiliar with. he did this in a comical yet insightful way. |
You have mostly a summary written up about his essay. There were several questions that were on the essay handout. Who is the audience? Does he reach his audience? What kind of appeals did swift use? Emotional? Answer those questions and form them into a thesis. When you are quoting use the parenthesis. (Swift Par. 1).
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