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A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift (Book Analysis)
- BrightSummaries.com
- 2019
- Taschenbuch
- 40 Seiten
- ISBN 9782808018968
Unlock the more straightforward side of A Modest Proposal with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift, a satirical essay which purports to solve the problem of poverty in Ireland. Specifically, Swift suggests that working-class mothers who are struggling to provide for themselves and their children should sell their infants for food, which would both bring in more money and enable them to get back to work. This deliberately provocative suggestion aimed to draw attention to the plight of Ireland¿s poor and the callous disregard with which they were treated by the aristocracy
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