Irony in Swift’s A Modest Proposal (1497 words, 2 pages)
Swift's "A Modest Proposal", in which he suggests that the problem of Irish poverty can be solved by the sale of the children of the poor for consumption, is above all things a criticism of human faults extremism of thinking, greed, pride, hypocrisy, intolerance, and insensitivity. His use of ireony ...
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