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-'''''A Modest Proposal''''' is a [[satire|satirical]] pamphlet published in 1729 by Irish writer [[Jonathan Swift]].  It opens by discussing the plight of Irish tenants, implying that they are being "eaten alive" by their English landlords. Merely 3,400 words long, it has made a lasting impact.
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-* Beneath Swift’s audacious satire is a serious theme: that English overlords are shamelessly exploiting and oppressing the impoverished people of Ireland through unfair laws, high rents charged by absentee landlords, and other injustices.  [http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/ModProposal.html]
-Swift maintains a steady logical argument throughout his "proposal" of this shocking expedient, which makes the satire all the more effective.
-==External Links==
-[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1080 ''A Modest Proposal'' at Project Gutenburg]
-[[category:literature]]