Superiority of A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift Over The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

“A Modest Proposal” written by Jonathan Swift is without a doubt superior to the satire “The Lottery” written by Shirley Jackson. In order to master the intense task of writing a satire the author must put the reader in admiration, and that is exactly what Swift does. “A Modest Proposal” is an excellent piece, and shows Swift’s piercing wit and biting sarcasm. Although this satire was composed within 1729 it still holds the bite and shocking analogies in which we still are in awe upon. “A Modest Proposal” is without a doubt one of the world’s foremost examples of genius, because of the fact that Swift couriers his mastery of his wittiness and how Swift executed expressing the satire was immense.
The satire is formatted and organized engages the reader excellently. In “A Modest Proposal” Swift formatted it to engage the reader as if the reader and he were sitting transversely a table and partaking in an enjoyable talk. Opposed to “The Lottery” in which contains an excessive amount of dialogue. An effective satire needs to be engaging and consuming the reader with every word. With dialogue it seems as if you are just presenting a reader something. Swift used the correct decision using the first person view. Especially due to the fact that he is trying to persuade the reader to propose an application to help the poor become middle class. The decision by Swift was exceptionally well done when choosing how to format his satire.
In addition, the wit that is contained within “A Modest Proposal” is astonishing and superb. Although some have taken “A Modest Proposal” seriously and actually thought that Swift was trying to propose to boil infants and eat them. The reader cannot yield that seriously and if the reader does then it would co...

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...e needs to contain closing to make the reader feel as if the writing is finished. Such that Swift did within “A Modest Proposal” he concludes the satire expressing that he understands that is proposal is ludicrous, however Swift states that this is his approach to solving the problem. This concluding paragraph of the satire contains a strong closing, and does not leave the reader fathoming, such that Jackson does in “The Lottery”.
In closing, “A Modest Proposal” is superior to the satire “The Lottery”. This is due to the fact that Swift shows a prime example of using wit and the formatting was spot on. Although the ending was not spectacular; the ending left the reader knowing where Swift stands in the situation he proposes, unlike in “The Lottery” where it keeps the reader guessing. “A Modest Proposal” is foremost a prime example of a near perfect example satire.