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The satirical essay, A Modest Proposal, discusses how the consideration of others as equal entities had not been taken into account in Ireland. Rather they were exploited unmercifully by the British government. While in Ireland Swift observed that the Irish peasants citizens were too poor to feed their families with the staggering poverty and over population among the lower classes of Ireland. To solve the problem of the poverty-stricken, oppressed and uneducated population of Catholics …

…the upbringing of so many poor children. Lastly, will produce a better cultural environment for Ireland as a whole, encouraging marriage and the charms of the tavern. Ironically though, his intentions in offering such a proposal sheds light on the horrible situation of English/Irish tensions in Ireland. As a result, the proposal can be given and received with seriousness which proves that everyone involved has lost the thinnest shred of human decency and respect.