use of sarcasm can truly be seen. ‘A Modest Proposal’ at this time and even now a days is an example of genius in sarcasm and an invaluable piece in helping English literature students understand how to write compelling arguments that will grab the reader’s attention. Sarcasm a very effective tool used by Swift but not the only one, he also makes very good points using economical and mathematical statistics. All these aspects tied together develops Swift’s proposal into a very good and memorable piece
Ireland. Jonathan Swift, an Anglo-Irish novelist, did not like how his countrymen, the English, were neglecting the famine occurring in Ireland. To express his frustration, he wrote a satirical essay proposing a solution, called “A Modest Proposal”. In “A Modest Proposal”, Swift uses sarcasm, satire, and symbolism to display the poor conditions of Ireland, and to express his annoyance with his own countrymen and society as a whole in seventeenth century Ireland. Swift’s tone throughout the essay is
problems are not confronted, they cannot be solved. In their respective essays, Jonathan Swift and William F. Buckley, Jr. discuss the idea that a society that is apathetic toward its problems cannot advance. In the satire "A Modest Proposal," Swift mockingly suggests a "modest" solution to improve the economy and address starvation in Ireland in 1729 because at the time, the government had not done anything to solve the dilemma. He proposed that the Irish citizens start selling and eating their own