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Literary Analysis of Jonathon Swift’s Modest Proposal Jonathon Swift writes an enthralling essay full of sarcasm and bitterness. He rips apart the upper class and his concern for the common people of his nation spills forth from his written words. He writes sarcastically of how Ireland could recover if they eat their very own children. He uses some statistics to support his sarcastic ideas. Such statistics as how it would cost at least 10s …

…at the plight of his people and more resentment towards the wealthy, “I grant this food will be somewhat dear, and therefore very proper for landlords, who, as they have already devoured most of the parents, seem to have the best title to the children” (Swift, 106). To finish up, Jonathan Swift writes an enthralling essay that ignores the sensibilities of the reader and effectively conveys his ideas and feelings of the wealthy and the poor.