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# A Modest Proposal Paperback – July 6, 2010

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Interesting read
*by P***C on March 28, 2023*

It's a short read. Good satire. Relevant even in modern society. Don't get caught up in the text, it's symbolism.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ “And giving some pleasure to the rich…”
*by J***I on November 25, 2015*

Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish essayist and satirist whose work was produced in the early 18th Century. His most famous work is Gulliver's Travels (Dover Thrift Editions). As serendipity would have it, I was discussing the issue of immigration, in its many forms, with an Anglo-Irish friend. I offered a satirical as well as an extreme solution – with a straight face – but he was not taken in, and said: “Oh, you mean like selling poor children to the rich, so they can eat them.” In this “instant” age, we shared that commonality of having read Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” written in 1729. I had read it in high school, and decided that a re-read was essential.Way back then, Ireland had a population of only a million and a half. Swift calculates that there were “200,000 breeders,” and suggested that males be able to “serve” four females, a particular ratio that has a familiar ring. The people are often referred to in the same manner as animals, in terms of breeding, upbringing, and ultimate disposition. Swift frequently uses the term “Papists,” a term no longer in vogue, and indicates that his “modest proposal” would lower their numbers, a goal that he posits as worthwhile and essential.It was good political satire in 1729. It ended so abruptly, and open-endedly that I had to independent check to determine if this Kindle version did not omit the ending – as was done in regards to a Shakespearean play I had read. But no, this version is complete. As for the satire, with our current crop of political leadership, it would be increasingly difficult to differentiate a satirical quip from an (dis)honestly held policy statement. As for Swift’s proposal, I modestly provide 4-stars.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I LOVE THIS BOOK
*by K***E on January 20, 2016*

I LOVE THIS BOOK!A Modest Proposal is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. Swift suggests that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food for the rich.This satirical hyperbole mocks heartless attitudes towards the poor, as well as Irish policy in general in that time.Swift goes through great lengths to support his argument, even so far as suggesting various preparations and financial calculations for proper pricing of said "food".To understand this book, you must understand the economic situation of the Swift's times. It was the start of a new industrial age of the 18th century and it was believed or the motto was "people are the riches of the nation". The general faith in the ecomony was that if workers were made higher wages, they wouldn't work as hard, thus they worked hard for little to no money. Furthermore, in the mercantilist view "no person was TOO young to be in the industry" Humane attitudes of the workers were basically disregarded and workers were viewed as nothing more than a commodity. Swifts essay is a hard, satarical jab at the state of the ecomony and the great divide between the rich and poor.Most people were probably "forced" to read this in high school, but probably skimmed threw enough to pass the pop quiz you English teach no undoubtedly gave out. As an adult, I highly recommend revisiting this great piece of literature and it's almost scary and almost uncanny way of pointing a satirical finger at the plight we face today.

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