Analysis Of A Modest Proposal By Johnson Swift

As ages and centuries elapse, mortals faded and embodied the new reincarnation. The love to the world, however, develop immortally. It grows "vaster than empires", it eternizes its "rare virtue", and it remains vivid "as long as men can breathe or eyes can see"(). Through two thousand years of civilization history the British isles, bright or dark, peace or war, flourishing or troublous; the nation bloomed the unique floral that represents the thoughts of people in England. The unique love towards the nation, the humanity, and God has became the Muse of the British authors. Through the periods of history, the eternal love from the people towards the magnificent understandings of England inspire them to innovate during the "curious days" in

By ironically acknowledging the ugliness of England. Rather than preaching about the his ideal opinion of the nation, Swift utilizes his capabilities in literature to reflect the corruption and decay of the society directly. In his essay A Modest Proposal, by phonily offering the solution to the overpopulation of Ireland, Swift illustrates his scorn and resent to the authority. By suggesting the idea to consume a healthy infant that "whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled", Swift depicts the ruthless behavior of the greedy upper class who devour from not only the pain of physical pain of the poor but also the sufferings of the souls and mind. He states" as [the landlords] have already devoured most of the parents! seem to have the best title to children". By referring the landlords as monsters who participate in cannibalism, the inhuman nature of the rich has been unraveled. In addition, in A Modest Proposal, Swift infers the lower class human beings as unworthy livestock through the perspective of the riches by claiming the marriage between lower classes, the "savage", could only be considered as the process of " breed" or animal reproduction. By assuming males and female as livestock, it argues "only one forth part to be male, which is more [people] allow to sheep, black cattle or swine [to be]". With humorous but modest tone to present the bloody and cruel solution, Swift satirizes the incompetence and uselessness of the authority and the indifferent attitude of the riches towards the suffering people who have been robbed by them while shows his great sympathy for those who lost their rights, properties, and