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 Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:17 am
Title: A Modest Proposal
Author: Jonathan Swift
Type: Satirical Essay
About: Eating the babies as poor families in Ireland so they don't become a burden on their families. A reminder, it's satirical so Swift is being sarcastic and trying to bring to light the difficulties poor families face.
Link: http://emotionalliteracyeducation.com/classic_books_online/mdprp10.htm
This is the first recommended reading, so if anyone has suggestions for future recommendations, please post here or pm me to let me know.
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Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:35 pm
I actually wrote a modern version of that proposal. I proposed that we get rid of all drugs to create survival of the fittest. It was an amusing thing to write.
I definitely recommend that essay!
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Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:00 pm
"It's in my English textbook. Very enlightening, too. Jonathan Swift is definitely a great essayist whose work is very much worth reading.
My class had an assignment about satire, and I was getting pretty angry while writing it. Unfortunately, the guy who offered to present my essay for me during finals didn't quite get the tone I was hoping for, but I was satisfied.
I wrote something harsh about suicide."
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