Johnathan Swift continues to use satire within his writing of “A Modest Proposal”. The use of satire is continuously recognized in the main characters proposal. The author mentions eating, selling, and using babies as clothing to lessen the burden children have on poorer families. He continued to use exaggeration stating “those who are more thrifty (as I must confess the times require) may flay the carcass” doing so shows his nonstop use of exaggeration within the text. A person reading the main…
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