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'''''A Modest Proposal''''' is a [[satire|satirical]] pamphlet published in 1729 by Irish writer [[Jonathan Swift]].  It opens by discussing the plight of Irish tenants, then discusses how this plight can be assuaged by having the tenants sell their children to their English landlords for use as a new delicacy.

'''''A Modest Proposal''''' is a [[satire|satirical]] pamphlet published in 1729 by Irish writer [[Jonathan Swift]].  It opens by discussing the plight of Irish tenants, implying that they are being "eaten alive" by their English landlords. Merely 3,400 words long, it has made a lasting impact.

 

* Beneath Swift’s audacious satire is a serious theme: that English overlords are shamelessly exploiting and oppressing the impoverished people of Ireland through unfair laws, high rents charged by absentee landlords, and other injustices.  [http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/ModProposal.html]

Swift maintains a steady logical argument throughout his "proposal" of this shocking expedient, which makes the satire all the more effective.

Swift maintains a steady logical argument throughout his "proposal" of this shocking expedient, which makes the satire all the more effective.

==External Links==

==External links==

[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1080 ''A Modest Proposal'' at Project Gutenburg]

* [https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1080 ''A Modest Proposal'' at Project Gutenburg]

[[category:literature]]

[[Category:Irish Literature]]

[[Category:Satire]]