1. A Modest Proposal
... Proposal trying to convince people that eating children was the best solution if he didn't actually mean it. Well, Swift's audience will have a better understanding of his reasoning after reading Chapter 6 of "The Character of Swift's Satire". According to Richard Feingold, Swift doesn't believe that people are capable of dealing with the problem of poverty in a rational manner. "The ironic ... game of self-concealment- as in A Modest Proposal- is a sign that the audience has been perceived to be unteachable, incapable of understanding or responding to the grand clarities of ethical dis...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate