A Modest Proposal and Other Satires
A Modest Proposal
Swift gives 6 reason for accepting the proposal?
Swift gives 6 reason for accepting the proposal?
• it will decrease the number of dangerous Catholics
• it will give the poor some property
• it will increase the nation’s overall wealth
• mothers will be free of the burden of bringing up children
• the new food will be welcomed in taverns and culinary circles
• it will enhance the institution of marriage as women/ men will take better care of their wives/ wives can make more babies to sell
A Modest Proposal