“A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift uses satire to mock government in a deeper meaning, attempting to make a statement about the need for change in a clear way. It is drawing attention to the problems that the government continues to ignore. The shocking proposal was important for the time and attracted people's attention to start talking about the social issues that are happening. Swift makes as evil and logical a proposition as possible; it appeals to people's feelings and makes them understand that the poor are people. He supports his argument using economic reasoning, the use of satire, and verbal irony in his writing. Swift argues, through economic reasoning as well as from a moral position, the desirability of turning this grave problem into one's own solution. Swift resorts to extreme measures to describe his plan to revive his country's economy. His proposal is to fill the starving children and feed them to the Irish landowners. He recommends that poor children be available for sale at the meat market as early as one year old. Swift argues that overpopulation and unemployment differ, saving families ...