Satire

One of my favorite pieces of satire would have to be Modest Proposal by Johnathan Swift. My Junior year of high school in English we spent a great deal of time analyzing this proposal. This paper is important because it addresses a huge issue for England in the 1800s which were poverty and starvation. Swift addressed the issue very cleverly. He explains the underlying issues in England that causes poverty and starvation. I think this piece was effect because it exposed the selfishness among the Royalty in England and their lack of empathy. His solution to the problem was so outlandish that it caught many people attention therefore quickly spreading the knowledge of his proposal.