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In 1729 Jonathan Swift wrote one of the classic examples of satire, "A Modest Proposal," when he proposed that the British feed and fatten Irish children for food in order to reduce the Catholic population. It was a commentary on the fact that the British were actually were "feeding" off of the Irish children and then killing them when they became politically active adults. It uses wit and the irony of the situation to show the absurdity of the British plan for dealing with the Catholic population of Ireland. It addressed a significant social and political issue of his day, and is taught in most college literature classes because of its effective use of satire to point out the flaws in a government policy. Charles Dickens and Mark Twain did the same thing.
Approximate Word count = 516
Approximate Pages = 2.1
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