A Modest Proposal By Judy Brady Summary

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Although Judy Brady discusses how women need to be the perfect homemaker and take care of their families, Brady uses irony to convey that this mentality is the way men think. Brady sees women as very powerful, entitled humans who should not be treated as so. In the article, she explains all the things that the male expects the ideal wife would do. They cook, clean, nurture children, and do all the household duties. Judy Brady sees women as something so special to this earth and men do not respect that. Brady is only trying to convey that men do not appreciate all the little things that women do. They just expect these things to get done. They expect dinner on the table when they arrive home from work, clothes washed, children are taken care …show more content…

He says that it will help the economy significantly. He believes it will help with overpopulation because there is obviously hundreds of thousands of children in Ireland. Help with family 's monthly income; Smith believes that this will help families because they will not have to pay for their children 's expenses This piece is about Jonathan Smith saying things like "It is a melancholy object to those who walk through this great town or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the roads, and cabin doors, crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags and importuning every passenger for an alms" (Smith, 1729). He says these things to make situations seem worse; this is called exaggeration. He uses hyperbole in his paper to get his point …show more content…

Brady sees women as very powerful entitled humans who should not be treated as so. In reality, Judy Brady just wants to show her readers what magnificent creatures women are and how much they have on their plates. She wants her readers (hopefully male) to understand what daily struggle women have and the things they can do to help their wives around the house. Her articles are written to express to men the daily struggle most women go through on a daily basis. If men take the time to help their wives around the house and with their children, they will come to see how much better their relationship will come to be and how many fewer arguments they will get into. With a robust and healthy relationship, the two will live together in a peaceful and loving household where each member is involved in the same amount of tasks around the

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