This promoted many questions when I first read his statements. When written, was this statement meant to be taken literally, or Was it made to expose the repulsive way the poor Irish Peoples were treated by the British Citizens as well as their hierarchy? Also what progress was Jonathan Swift attempting to make? Was he trying to join in the systematic genocide of his own people or was he attempting to motivate the British rule to look at their policies regarding Irish trade and the rights of their Irish citizens? The answers to these questions depend on your own political sta

nd, as much as it does having a general knowledge of Irish history.

To properly analyze the text you need to know a little bit about the history of the Irish people and their ongoing struggles with the British. The largest majority of Irish citizens, at the time, were Roman Catholic, most of who were poor sharecroppers or tradesmen. Where as the British, were primarily Protestant, and most were wealthy landowners. The British were also the ones in power constantly using this advantage to repress the Irish Peoples by slowly stripping them of their rights. Some would even go as far as to say that the British were trying to kill off the Irish although not in an openly hostile way. The Irish citizens were prohibited by British law from owning property, or from being involved in trade and commerce. Therefore most were destitute and homeless. Even those who had a home were barely surviving. Due to the British landlords charging outrageously high rent, and the many taxes they were subject to under British rule.

Mr. Swift also made a few implications about the attitude of Americans towards their fellow citizens when he wrote. “I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, food… ”. With in this statement it become obvious that his impression of American so

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