post #7 or The joyful beginnings of yet another essay.

             Jonathan Swift’s attitude towards the state of Ireland as a whole is made very clear in A Modest Proposal. He insults the poor, the wealthy, the Catholics, the Protestants, and the English. The writing is meant to enrage the vast majority of Ireland and hopefully inspire a reaction out of them. The poor need to make some attempt to improve their station and the wealthy need to attempt to improve the current state of their lands and country. Swift was trying to hold a mirror up to the Irish populace and show them just how ugly they had become.

Here is a link to some early 18th century Ireland alleged history. It isn't easy to understand exactly what was going on in a different country 400 years ago so Click me!