A Modest Proposal
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
| Author: | Jonathan Swift | ISBN: | 9789176393413 |
| Publisher: | Saga Egmont International | Publication: | January 4, 2017 |
| Imprint: | SAGA Egmont | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jonathan Swift |
| ISBN: | 9789176393413 |
| Publisher: | Saga Egmont International |
| Publication: | January 4, 2017 |
| Imprint: | SAGA Egmont |
| Language: | English |
In a time when poor Irish families struggled to feed their children, Jonathan Swift wrote an essay, which he published anonymously, making a few suggestions. He called it `A Modest Proposal‘ (1729) or `A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to their Parents, or the Country, and for Making them Beneficial to the Publick.‘The solution was simple: Fatten up the undernourished children and sell them as food for the rich. Everybody wins! Though written in a serious tone, the humour in this essay is undeniable, and so is its mocking of the heartless attitudes towards poor people.
In a time when poor Irish families struggled to feed their children, Jonathan Swift wrote an essay, which he published anonymously, making a few suggestions. He called it `A Modest Proposal‘ (1729) or `A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to their Parents, or the Country, and for Making them Beneficial to the Publick.‘The solution was simple: Fatten up the undernourished children and sell them as food for the rich. Everybody wins! Though written in a serious tone, the humour in this essay is undeniable, and so is its mocking of the heartless attitudes towards poor people.
