hisquestion,wasSwift'sessayamodelpieceofliterature?I'mlookingforopenended,timeconsumingquestion.Intheend,JonathanSwift"proposes"inAModestProposalthatpoorIrishbabiesbeusedasafoodsourcebecauseitcouldbeprofitabletoboththeEnglishandtheIrish.Ononehand,theEnglishwouldprofitfromthegrowingmarketofthisnew"delicacy."ThepoorofIreland,though,couldridthemselvesoftheunwantedchildrenthattheycannotaffordtofeedandgetpaidhandsomelyfor"breeding."Ultimately,SwiftusesthisrevoltingproposaltocondemnboththeEnglishfortakingsuchadvantageofthepoorpeopleofIrelandandtheIrishfornotdoinganythingtolessentheirplightortoridtheircountryofEnglishdominion.Butaboveallelse,etthecrueltytheIrishpoorfacedeverydayundertheravenoushandofEnglandsotheworldwoulddosomethingtoridIrelandandtherestoftheearthofthisimmoralandghastlytreatment.
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