Short-response prompt (15 points)Read the folowing passage from Jonathan Swift's essay 'A Modest Proposal": I shall now therefore humbly propose my own thoughts, which I hope will not be
liable to the least objection.
Ihave been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London,
that a young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing
and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no
doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasie, or a ragoust.
I do therefore humbly offer it to publick consideration, that of the hundred and
twenty thousand children, already computed, twenty thousand may be reserved for
breedThat the remaining hundred thousand may, ata year old, be offered in
sale to the persons of quality and fortune, through the kingdom, always advising
the mother to let them syck plentifully in the last month, so as to render them
plump, and fat fora good table.
Write a short arqument responding to these questions: What point does Swift want to make in the
passage, and does he use satire effectively to make that point? Be sure to include a clear claim and to
respond to at least one counterclaim. Use specific details from the passage to develop your arqument.