ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Presented in the guise of an economic treatise, the essay proposes that the country ameliorate poverty in Ireland by butchering the children of the Irish poor and selling them as food to wealthy English landlords. Swift’s proposal is a savage comment on England’s legal and economic exploitation of Ireland.

Detailed explanation-2: -Satire is a way that utilizes sarcasm, humor, and exaggeration to criticize something or someone. Swift makes the use of satire in Gulliver’s Travels to shed light on the political situations in England. He does so by using sarcasm to represent the shortcomings and flaws in England.

Detailed explanation-3: -In A Modest Proposal, Jonathan Swift proposes that the Irish should eat their children, as it will produce several benefits. He claims that it will help with population control, making money, prevent crime, and make fashionable clothing out of the children.

Detailed explanation-4: -’A Modest Proposal’ uses an approach called satire to make its point, which is the use of irony, humor or exaggeration to criticize the ideas of others. Swift obviously doesn’t sincerely want the people of Ireland to sell their children as food, but he’s using the outrageous concept to deliver a message.