1. A Modest Proposal Indeed
... Irish people. Swift tried to help Ireland and it's people in many ways. However, the way that stands out greatest, is his satire, "A Modest Proposal." According to Swift, we should be cannibalistic and eat the babies of the poverty stricken. As we all know, that is not how to deal with ... all right. That's another contribution to the poverty of Ireland. They spent most of their money trying to fight England. Money went to guns, ammunition, war supplies. Swift hated the oppression, and so did others. There's an anonymous poem which was written by a soldier who murdered an Irishman unde...
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- Grade Level: High School