Proposal
... In Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal, the author of the pamphlet sets out an argue that shows how the poor of Ireland can use their only possession, their children, to accumulate a certain amount of wealth. By looking at the author of the pamphlet’s ability to make a proposal, this idea can be viewed as so crazy that it will either work or that this argument is not serious at all. ... Although this argument sounds insane, the author makes sure that he does the next step in creating a proposal, he encounters arguments. ... 2478) Here, the author shows that his proposal is best because it will work. ... His proposal, as crazy as it seems, is so crazy that it may actually work. ... Throughout the proposal, the main objective of the author is to draw the reader in. ... In this case, Jonathan Swift is the write of A Modest Proposal but he is not the author. ... Throughout the whole proposal, the author creates a serious tone. He does everything possible to create a proposal that will be successful. ... However, the tone is so serious that we know that this proposal can not be serious. Even towards the end of the proposal, the author is still trying to convey a serious tone because he is appealing to the adults by asking them would they rather have been sold for food or not able to pay the months rent or to buy clothes for themselves and their families. ... This proposal concerns the citizens of Ireland and no one else. ... Finally, by the use of tone creating irony and the use of religion, the author and Swift draw the reader into their world throughout the proposal.