No Questions Asked- Blog Post # 7

I'm going all the way back to Blog Post 7 where we were supposed to do a tentative thesis for our second essay. Like all the other essays we have done over the course of the semester, I struggled but I actually did very well on this one. I must say that its weird going back and writing a thesis for something you have already done so I just used the paragraph I used on the paper! No comments necessary since the paper has already been graded. Just trying to get in as many extra points as possible before the end of the semester!

In the story “A Modest Proposal” Swift draws a conclusion that, “for preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick.” (Swift, par 1). Swift believes that there are too many poor females on the streets with far too many children at their sides. He sees the mothers of these children as useless since not being able to work. Swift makes the suggestion to keep the children until the age of about 1  and sell them as slaves for the price of 2 schillings. Swift also proposes that he sells the small children as meat; stewed, roasted, baked, or broiled. This so-called proposal is intended at the Irish who seem to be over populating their country and not being able to care for them very well. Swift captivates his anticipated audience with the shock and awe factor. His use of satire and irony catches the reader’s attention from the very first line.