A Modest Proposal and Other Satires
would a modern audience be more or less offended by swifts proposal?
The modest proposal
The modest proposal
The first time I read this satire I was shocked. Over the years, I have come to understand Swift's politics a bit more and appreciate the humor of this satire. The humor is evident immediately, and I do not think it provokes offense, but for me it has always contained an enormous amount of shock value.