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    In "A Modest Proposal," Jonathan Swift uses satire to highlight the absurdity of the British government's indifference towards the impoverished Irish population. Through his satirical writing, Swift criticizes the heartless attitude of the British government towards the Irish people who were suffering from poverty and starvation. 1. What is the difference between a. and a. Swift suggests a shocking solution to poverty in Ireland by proposing that impoverished Irish families should sell their children

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    move from believable to fantastical? Add the quote that first made you realize this was a satire and not genuine. Explain “A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends, and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt, will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in Winter.” (LINE 70) Swift uses satire and not genuine because children are not suppose to be seen as food but with dreams and goal

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    Satire Twists on Classic Tales Fairytales are original short stories handed down from ancestors from various cultures. Modern writers liked to create new tales using forms of satire. These include parodies, analogies, and exaggeration. Disney and Act 111 Communications have all produced forms of fairy tale satire. Although forms of satire were featured in some classic tales, producers had the option to include it in the modern remakes or put a twist on the satire that was once used. Chicken Little

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    Public” to address the problem of how the poor are being treated. Swift is a political journalist, clergyman in the Angelical Church, and Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin who uses strong satire to communicate his opinions on how he disagrees with how the poor are being treated. Swift uses his satire when explaining his opinion that many of the rich only care that the poor are not being a burden on them and not

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    Satire can be used in many ways, although it is not always done in a convincing manner. Only a knowledgeable and creative writer can influence people through this device. Satire often uses humor to show a current problem, and in most cases, it does not provide a solution but is the catalyst for it. Emotions on the topic are prompted and in turn the audience connects with the writer and the conflict at hand. Throughout history authors have wielded the literary devices of satire to convey a message;

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    communicate satire, Brave New World is better at eliciting people to think and change. In both Brave New World and The Island, one aspect that communicates satire is the lack of individual thought. For example, in both, everyone in the community has predetermined jobs. In Huxley’s novel, everyone is assigned a job based on their caste level; in Bay’s film, people automatically learn a job to advance society after being cloned. This shows the degree of a government’s control over the population. The societies

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    In the literary work of A Modest Proposal, one of the better examples of satire in literature by Jonathan Swift he writes as a concerned citizen to the Irish poor, which he describes in detail about their suffering. Swift often refers to the economy of Ireland as being unsutible for its people due to the fact that Ireland is over populated. Swift argues that the problem they are having is poverty in Ireland and describes his remedied on how it can be stopped. His work shows how savage, insane, and

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    Satire is a literary technique that uses humor to emphasize a certain point, usually by over exaggerating its flaws. It is extremely effective because it approaches the topic in a seemingly light hearted manner, but portrays a deeper, more powerful message when thoroughly understood. In today’s culture, the media is flooded with various types of satire, irony, and sarcasm that efficiently conveys their ideas. For example, there are many political cartoons today of President Donald Trump. Pictures

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    both when it was written and on a modern day audience. Gullivers Travels was published in 1726. Jonathan Swift caused a huge riot because of the way he wrote the book. Satire is making a mockery of people or a group of people in a sarcastic way. Satire uses a variety of techniques used in satire, including a lot of toilet humour. In Gullivers Travels, the aspects of English Society that are satirised are the monarchy, upper classes, the suspicious nature of

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    Swift is satire that focused on society and how to solve societal problems. He is come up with information that there is too many children in a family and there are too many poor people who cannot afford for their own food. In results Swifts, comes up with a proposal that people should eat baby flesh, teenage flesh, which is a sign of cannibalism. The way he sees will help is if children of the poor to be sold into meat markets at the age of one and this will help solve the over population. Also,

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