A Modest Proposal Response

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1. After reading the “A Modest Proposal,” it was clear that the author was going to inform his readers of Ireland's horrible situation concerning beggars and thieves. The author also states that those who can fight leave Ireland and become soldiers of Spain, which he believes to be distasteful. The author puts the blame on both his government and its citizens. He believes it shows a nation that is uncaring enough to push its people into becoming mercenaries, and it implies a lack of loyalty from his fellow countryman. The author believes that to solve these problems, women should sell their children to the wealthy upper class, to be eaten as a common food stuff. This, in turn, will employ these women, will keep from overpopulation, and

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