Question

What solution does Swift propose for the problem he describes in "A Modest Proposal"?

Responses


A. more education for the poor


B. the sale of young children for food


C. an increase in taxes


D. the raising of more livestock

Answer 1

The solution that Swift proposes for the problem he describes in "A Modest Proposal" is:

B. the sale of young children for food.

About "A Modest Proposal"

• "A Modest Proposal" is known to be satiric essay written by Jonathan Swift.

• The essay was published in a pamphlet form in 1729.

• The essay actually proposes that if the country must alleviate poverty in Ireland, that children should be butchered and sold for food.

• Swift proposed that child-eating was the solution to famine.

Thus, option B is the correct answer.

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