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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
Still one of the best representations of satire ever writen and srill as relevant today as when it was written.
Replace the "Papist" references with one of moderm day's maligned groups and the text still holds.
Replace the "Papist" references with one of moderm day's maligned groups and the text still holds.
Men would become as fond of their wives, during the time of their pregnancy, as they are now of their mares in foal, their cows in calf, or sow when they are ready to farrow; nor offer to best or kick them (as is too frequent a practice) for fear of a miscarriage.
Unbelievably funny satire that is painfully relevant today, a couple hundred years after it was written.
Rating 1.5/5
While I can appreciate Swift as a master of satire, I think it's the subject matter of this that puts me off, especially the few descriptions of methods of preparation peppered through the short essay.
Points for its structure and Swift's daring criticism of everyone and everything - neither English nor Irish is safe from him here, but this just left me feeling a little sick.
While I can appreciate Swift as a master of satire, I think it's the subject matter of this that puts me off, especially the few descriptions of methods of preparation peppered through the short essay.
Points for its structure and Swift's daring criticism of everyone and everything - neither English nor Irish is safe from him here, but this just left me feeling a little sick.
I believe I read this in college, and it made close to zero impression, but came back to it because of Hozier.
Eat Your Young has a chokehold on me.
Eat Your Young has a chokehold on me.
challenging
dark
funny
fast-paced
challenging
dark
funny
reflective
fast-paced
This was a fun little reread to remind myself of the "innocent, cheap, easy, and effectual" proposal that Swift made.
I was talking to a friend about the "let them eat cereal" movement as well as the CEO of Kellogg's saying that poor families should eat cereal for dinner when I was reminded of Jonathan Swift. I told them about a Modest Proposal and they found it ludicrous and said they would look into it themselves.
I was talking to a friend about the "let them eat cereal" movement as well as the CEO of Kellogg's saying that poor families should eat cereal for dinner when I was reminded of Jonathan Swift. I told them about a Modest Proposal and they found it ludicrous and said they would look into it themselves.
The first time I read this, it was apart of a project for my senior English class and the entire story went right over my head. I took A Modest Proposal seriously and yet the satire was so obvious. I was horrified the first time I read it but when I reread it, I got the satire.
Great satire with the blackest of humor. Funny to imagine someone reading this without context!