A review by artisticonny
A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift

challenging dark informative slow-paced

2.5

I don’t pretend to understand the entirety of satire presented, regardless, I wanted to read this and perhaps learn more about it later on. I feel like his idea could’ve been better formulated but hey it’s satire and the idea is original so not much criticism there. As for the terms used for people assigned female at birth, I don’t know if they’re part of the satire or just ugly sexism so kind of guarded there. This essay is something that is much cooler as a concept or a summary than an actual essay so.. I do admit that obviously it talks of highly important topics and therefore was impactful during that time, however to truly understand it one must have the awareness of such things back then.