A Modest Proposal

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    A Modest Proposal

    A Modest Proposal was written by Jonathan Swift in the year 1729. The main reason for writing the proposal was to provide a remedy to the issues surrounding poverty and unemployment within Ireland. This was a proposal to eliminate the beggars from the streets. The writer voices his frustration at the laziness of the Irish leaders and the poverty levels of the citizens. His main task is capturing the audience who refers as not witty and to free Ireland from British rule. The writer provides solutions to the poverty problem explaining in depth and resolves to create food for the starving generation.

    Swift blames the Irish citizens, the British and the Irish citizens for causing their own dismissal condition. He insults them for not dealing with the countries problem but instead ignoring. The writer makes a list of reasons to blame everyone within the country. His resolution is to completely separate Ireland from the British rule and advise the Irish citizens not to be like the Britons.

    The writer starts his satirical proposal by expressing concern to the families that sit alongside streets with their children to beg for food from passers by. He highlights that this people engage in begging instead of doing work with his or her own hands. The people spend the whole day harassing passers by for food for the infants. Swift further talks of the risks involved in exposing the children to such livelihoods. The risks involved are that the infants learn to become thieves when they grow up and rob people since this is what they have been taught. The children engage in theft in order to make money to finance their basic needs. Secondly, the children after growing up leave their country to fight for another nation or offer themselves to the Barbados.

    The first remedy provided to solving the poverty crisis. The women were advised to get pregnant, deliver and take care of the infants and later sell them to people or butchers. The females would not undertake an abortion but would deliver safely and take care of the infant until they weighed twenty-eight pounds. On reaching the weight, they would be marketed for ten shillings per infant and the mother would be wealthier. The mother will be ten shilling richer and fit for work until she produces another child. The writer declares himself as having computed the charges of solving poverty issue.

    Swift estimates the amount of meals the infant meat would make stating it will make four meals and will make him a popular property owner among his tenants when he invites them for diner. Further, the child’s skin will be used to make gloves for the women and boots for the men. Swift also discusses the opinion his friend offered him. It states that teenagers not exceeding the age of fourteen can also be a delicious meal. However, he denies stating that their meat is not tender and the taste is not desirable even after trying to fatten them. When offered the opinion of substituting the female he is denial stating they are the bearers. Decreasing the female counter parts would be hazardous and a big loss since their will be no bearers to more children for sale.

    The writer writes down the advantages of the proposal according to his point of view. Firstly, he says it will lessen the number of the people who when grown up leave for other nations instead of helping their native nation. These people leave for England to serve in their territories. Secondly, poor tenants will afford the rent after making sales and afford other form of wealth. Thirdly, the maintenance charges of the infants will be reduced after the first year. This is after selling the infants to the butchers.

    Fifthly, a new meal will be introduced to the people and the taverns will acquire new customs. The vintners will compete to produce the best receipts for dressing the meal to perfection. Many people who adore good cooking will frequent the cookhouses for great meals.  Sixthly, the export sales will rise in view of the fact that more infant meat will be exported to neighboring countries and the meat will serve as good meals for the mayor’s feast. Lastly, marriage would be valued by the couples in the marriage. Laws and penalties will not be enforced since mother’s care will increase on the children. The mothers will have to maintain their children well and ensure their health is good in order to gain more pounds after selling them.

    Jonathan Swift sees no objection to the opinions he gives as remedies to solving the poverty crisis. The only disadvantage he sees is the kingdom will have a lesser population. He emphasize that the proposal as a visionary thought, economical to implement, new thought, in complete control of our will power and efficient. The population will be controllable since it will be less and there will be no beggars on the streets. He states the plan as economical since the parents will gain value for their sales of infant children. Secondly, he termed it as complete in the control of the citizens because no law will be implemented but people will willingly contribute to adapting to the proposal. Thirdly, suggestions are that the provided solution is a new and fresh idea that he is optimistic must work. Fourthly, he encourages the act, as it is a solution to creating new meals and offering job opportunities to the vintners and the people selling the infant meat.

    Jonathan’s suggestions are optimistic since they will enrich the nation but are not inconsideration of humanity preservation. It is a fact mothers will become richer and maintenance expenses reduced but it is not a good solution. The suggestions undermine human dignity and refer them to sources of making money. Humans are transformed to commodities for sale. His opinions clash with the present values of maintaining human dignity worldwide.

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