{"id":42137,"date":"2025-02-24T22:25:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T22:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/assignment-after-reading-jonathan-swifts-a-modest-proposal-write-your-own-half-serious-satirical-solution-to-a-problem-in-modern-american-society\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T22:25:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T22:25:16","slug":"assignment-after-reading-jonathan-swifts-a-modest-proposal-write-your-own-half-serious-satirical-solution-to-a-problem-in-modern-american-society","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/assignment-after-reading-jonathan-swifts-a-modest-proposal-write-your-own-half-serious-satirical-solution-to-a-problem-in-modern-american-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Assignment: After reading Jonathan Swift\u2019s \u201cA Modest Proposal,\u201d write your own half-serious satirical solution to a problem in modern American society."},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Read and analyze Jonathan Swift\u2019s \u201cA Modest Proposal.\u201d Note the structure and tone<\/strong> of the essay, as well as Swift\u2019s use of satirical techniques.<\/li>\n
  2. Brainstorm societal problems that you might want to address (i.e. the famine in Ireland, which Swift addresses). Your problem should be something that impacts our nation\u2019ssociety as a whole<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  3. Outline and write your essay. You may feel free to add additional paragraphs where appropriate, but your essay should follow the basic model below<\/strong>:<\/li>\n
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    1. 25-30 word subtitle.<\/strong> Your essay should be called \u201cA Modest Proposal,\u201d but the subtitle should flesh out what societal problem you are trying to solve (without giving away your \u201cshocking\u201d element). (Swift\u2019s full title is \u201cA Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland from Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public.\u201d Aim for something like that.)<\/li>\n
    2. Paragraph 1: <\/strong>A clear first paragraph that contains an indelible image <\/strong>of your societal problem. (Swift\u2019s image in his first paragraph is that of the mother with six children dressed in rags begging for alms. Try to include an image of your problem that elicits the readers\u2019 sympathies in a similar way.)<\/li>\n
    3. Paragraph 2: <\/strong>A paragraph description of your shocking solution<\/strong>. (This is like the paragraph in which Swift talks \u201cdelicious and nourishing\u201d babies.)<\/li>\n
    4. Paragraph 3: <\/strong>A list of clearly labeled \u201clogical reasons\u201d<\/strong> for why your solution would work. (Label your sentences \u201cfirstly,\u201d \u201csecondly,\u201d \u201cthirdly,\u201d as Swift does.)<\/li>\n
    5. Paragraph 4:<\/strong> An italicized<\/strong> paragraph describing your response to the opposition\u2019s argument<\/strong>. (Note Swift\u2019s italicized paragraphs for guidance on this.)<\/li>\n
    6. Paragraph 5: Conclusion.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Read and analyze Jonathan Swift\u2019s \u201cA Modest Proposal.\u201d Note the structure and tone of the essay, as well as Swift\u2019s use of satirical techniques. Brainstorm societal problems that you might want to address (i.e. the famine in Ireland, which Swift addresses). Your problem should be something that impacts our nation\u2019ssociety as a whole. Outline and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[14],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/42137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/42137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=42137"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=42137"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=42137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}