Swift introduces his essay emotionally and with actual logic to deceive the reader into thinking the essay will provide emotional analysis on how to fix the problems of Ireland. But as the essay progresses, Swift’s emotion fades and his logic becomes construed. He presents the idea of eating children to relieve the poor mothers of their debts and to give the wealthy a nice meal. Even though Swift seems to be a mad and deranged cannibal, he actually made a strong point by suggesting the gormandizing of children. By bringing forth this absurd point, Swift reveals the absurd and unfair treatment of the people of Ireland.
He wanted to show his audience the desperation of the situation that Ireland, his home country, was put through. This was a result of the unfair treatment and neglect from Britain. Swift wanted the British to see the effects of their cruelty and what the extremely unfortunate predicament has caused the Irish to cook up as a solution! You got it – babies. Swift’s reliance on irony and satire were clever in writing his piece.
He was mocking how many illogical and impractical plans were proposed by the Irish government. They were attempting to pass these plans in order to improve the welfare of the people. Swift proposed this illogical plan of raising babies and eating them in order to relieve the economic trouble of the country. Swift uses satire in an almost practical way by supporting his plan with points that make it seem logical and beneficial to the country when in reality it would completely destroy the country. Swift uses satire to point out a problem and then assert an insane and illogical fix in order to cure it.
What kind of father beats his children for a couple of dollars? Twain uses satire to show the inhumanity behind all of this. “... was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race” (pg.210). Greed, Alcoholism and being gullible are only few of the human weaknesses Twain targets. Satire can teach people a lesson, without them even realizing it.Twain uses Huck Finn as a tool to show the contrast between what is right and what is wrong.
He is saying that the government needs to help the Irish farmers but purchasing their produce and that the landlords need to have more heart for their tenets and help them if money is short instead of packing them up and kicking them off the land. So, he puts out there a shocking suggestion of the selling and eating of children as a means to an end of the poverty, despair and dependence of the all the poor on the government. Did he mean it truly? No, I don’t think anyone took it as a serious meaningful suggestion. What Jonathan Swift wanted to achieve was to allow people to read and form an emotion and to get angry at his absurd, inhuman suggestion and come up with some of their own suggestions.
“A Modest Proposal” “A Modest Proposal” was a satirical essay written by Jonathan Swift depicting the horrific conditions of Ireland and the lives of the Irish people in 1729 during the great famine. Swift portrays and attacks the cruel and unjust tyranny of Ireland by the English and mocks the Irish people at the same time. However, Swift's opposition is indirectly presented. Swift is able to do so by using the persona, irony, in order to expose the horrendous corruption and poverty that the Irish had to endure, and at the same time present them with realistic solutions to their miserable lives. The author uses satire to accomplish his objective because it is the most effective way to awake the people of Ireland into seeing their own corruption.
In more simple terms, if you only go away from the book with only the plot then you are stupid. Right off the bat though he shows that if you are ignorant then you will get shot, aka your stupidity will result in violence. In addition Pap’s diatribe rambles on about how the government is to blame for his crappy life and that the government treats him like an animal (31-32). It’s ironic because he is saying the government treats him like an animal yet he treats Huck the same. Twain argues that the law should intervene to protect those who are oppressed.
Candace Johnson Justin Yates Eng 117 1 Feb., 2012 Cannibalism: The act of consuming the flesh of babies; exactly what is recommended as a delicacy to the upper class in the satirical essay, “A Modest Proposal.” Jonathon Swift, the author of “A Modest Proposal,” clearly suggests cannibalism, what first seems to be an unrealistic way to fight poverty. In his essay, Swift proposes for his homeland, Ireland, to become economically independent ultimately resolved by marketing infants who come from poverty-stricken families. With the intent to ridicule Ireland’s politicians while also attempting to promote the countries’ development, Swift presents to his audience his frustration by shocking them with his heartless text. To better his argument,
Thomas Jefferson once said that, “man is the only animal which devours his own kind.” This quote, showing the selfishness of mankind, is most historically applicable to the economic climate in 18th century Ireland, where lower class Irish were subject to exploitation from their wealthier absentee landlords. Essayist Jonathan Swift’s essay “A Modest Proposal” is a call to action for the struggling Irish delivered by his harsh and cruel satire. First, Swift addresses the issue and makes an appeal to pathos by portraying a common sight in Dublin, a “[beggar] of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags” (675). Swift brings to the audience’s attention the overwhelming amount of poverty that plagues the city, evoking sympathy and pity. This image will play a role in guiding the reader’s emotion throughout the essay.
A very good example of black humor can be found at the very beginning of the story itself: Montresor’s had "vowed revenge" against Fortunato, but he decided to mask his real feelings by outwardly appearing friendly towards him. "I continued as was my wont, to smile in his face." This grim irony of situation results in harsh 'black humor' with Montresor remarking sarcastically, this helps us have a more clear understanding of the story as well of making it more interesting, as, even though we have been told from the beginning that he’s going to kill Fortunato, there is a constant feeling of mystery and doubt that