Jo $ swiftman
AKA Jonathan Swift
Swift is a satirist
He is remembered for works such as Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal. He is remembered for works such as Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal. Swift is regarded as the foremost prose satirist in the English language
A Modest Proposal
For Preventing The Children of Poor People in Ireland
From Being Aburden to Their Parents or Country, and
For Making Them Beneficial to The Public
Why not eat the children?
How to cook them
- Do you think a satire about eating children would be as acceptable today?
- Why do you think Swift developed this form of satire?
- After learning about Swift are you more or less excited to read his work?