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How does the title of "A Modest Proposal" indicate that Swift is writing a satire?
a. Readers know that Swift is being serious because he humbly says that his proposal is "modest."
b. Swift does not mean what he says when he calls his proposal "modest" or moderate; his proposal is actually extreme.
c. Swift calls his work a "proposal," but readers do not know if the proposal will be approved by the Irish parliament.

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Answer from: BIGMATHBOY4757

b. Swift does not mean what he says when he calls his proposal "modest" or moderate; his proposal is actually extreme.

Explanation:

Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" is a long pamphlet of trying to propose a new and yet productive means to solve the solution for the country's ever growing population and increasing poverty and social problems of the country. In it, he also gave a solution on how to make use of the starving children of Ireland be a good citizen for the Commonwealth.

Swift's title indicates that it is a satire when he terms the proposal "modest" for there is nothing modest in his proposal. Everything that he suggested are all too extreme, like the use of children's meat as a replacement for the meat consumption of the country, and also using them as a means of relieving poverty and at the same time providing a steady income for their families.

This use of the word "modest" is in itself a satire for satires are a means of projecting an ironical yet strong parody of an exaggerated theme or issue. By projecting his proposal as something that is plausible, yet 'barbaric and extreme', Swift perfectly portrays the social condition of the people of Ireland.

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the swan might be a metaphor for our soul, which is ancient and timeless. the speaker wants to know where it's going and what it wants, what's the purpose in life. he asks our soul to follow him in knowing that god is us and the answer to the question "who am i" that was written on the wind of god's whim to know himself that blew over his being in the beginning of creation. and to connect to god consciously on the path to knowing him is the joy of loving him, like a bee that will grow and end our sorrows by ending desire. in that connection there is no doubt about god and existing forever.

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