Funny Truths in A Modest Proposal - Essay Example

It is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom a very great additional grievance. He has no right to say this because he cannot speak for everyone, especially when he talks about their children. He probably has some hidden agenda for making the proposals that he did. Maybe it is not in his interest to have all of those babies born, but I think that it should be up to the parents to decide what to do with their child. The only good thing to come out of his proposal is that, as he says, it would reduce the number of abortions that took place. Parents would even be able to make some money out of it! Swift gets a little inhumane when he says that children should be roasted like pigs because no butcher would want to have anything to do with them. This is correct and this shows that his proposal would not work at all. To back up his point of view, Swift lists six reasons why his plan would be a good one. I agree with all of his reasons but I do not agree with the method to get there. In the end, he reveals the real reason why he believes this; his youngest child is nine and so would not count! Read More