A Modest Proposal

In "A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burden to their Parents, or the Country," Jonathan Swift presents a satirical solution to the plight of impoverished Irish children. He employs sharp economic reasoning and a morally superior tone to propose that the starving youth, primarily from Catholic families, be fattened and sold as food to affluent landowners. This ironic tract critiques societal indifference towards poverty while highlighting the dire conditions faced by these children.