"A Modest Proposal" Jonathan Swift's proposal was anything but modest. His purpose was to have the audience think about its role in the Irish Famine. The audience was the upper-class men and women of England. One might argue this prose couldn't possibly be aimed at them because Swift's writing focused on the monetary benefits of his proposal. The noble men and women weren't traditionally supposed to focus on money.
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