Jonathan Swift, a well-known author, in his essay “A Modest Proposal”, suggests that Irish people should eat children so that they can improve their chances of survival. Swift supports his implication by describing how his proposal will have many benefits such as eliminating papists, introducing great customs in taverns, and inducing marriages. He presents the absurd proposal to eat and sell children to the elite so that the Irish can have a better future. Its aim is to demonstrate that the Irish deserve better treatment from the English. Throughout his essay, Swift uses sarcasm, satire, and irony. Swift uses sarcasm to support his argument that the Irish should not be ignored by the English. In 1729 Ireland was hit by a potato famine and the common people suffered the most. The elites were never left hungry and did not suffer like others; therefore, they gave little or no importance to what happened to ordinary people and how they lived. He states, “It is a melancholy object to those who walk through this great city, or travel in the country, when they see the...