Jonathan Swift, a well-known author, in his essay "A Modest Proposal", implies that the Irish people should eat children in order to improve their chances . survival. Swift supports his involvement by describing how his proposal will have many benefits, such as eliminating papists, introducing a great custom in taverns, and encouraging marriages. He proposes an absurd proposition: eat and sell the children to the elite so that the Irish can have a better future. Its aim is to show that the Irish deserve better treatment from the English. Throughout her essay, Swift uses sarcasm, satire, and irony. Swift uses sarcasm to argue that the Irish should not be ignored by the English. In 1729, Ireland was hit by a potato famine and the commoners suffered the most. The elite never went hungry and did not suffer like the others; therefore, they placed little or no importance on what happened to commoners and how they lived. He says: "It is a melancholy object for those who walk in this great city or travel in the country, when they see the...