Today, as we read "A Modest Proposal," we traveled the entire gambit of shock to laughter. Which element of this satire real "hit you where it hurts?" How? What part did you find most shocking? most truthful? (The deadline to post a response to this blog question is midnight Friday, August 19, 2011.)
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Surely you jest,sir...
Today, as we read "A Modest Proposal," we traveled the entire gambit of shock to laughter. Which element of this satire real "hit you where it hurts?" How? What part did you find most shocking? most truthful? (The deadline to post a response to this blog question is midnight Friday, August 19, 2011.)
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In the story the part that hurt me the most was when the writer was showing how quickly people dismiss and reject the beggars and illegitimate simply because they are different. This part hurt because everyday we watch people being teased and rejected because they are different, and most of the time we do nothing. I found it very shocking that the author made his point by suggesting we eat babies and use kids to breed. I found the entire essay to be truthful the author did not pull any punches; he always said his honest opinion.
I found that the part of "A Modest Proposal" that got to me the most was the fact that so many families in Ireland were living on the streets. All of those children had to starve and live the lives of thieves and criminals. The most shocking passage is when Swift goes into detail about how to cook the child. Even though he was being facetious, it was still disgusting. But the most truthful part was when Swift tells the audience that no one else is proposing a solution. That shows how selfish leaders in society can sometimes be.
The element of the essay which struck me the hardest was the fact that the higher-ups were dismissing the poor women and children and not taking action to prevent this most likely because I have a modern day thought process of living in an area where we try to help our poor. The most shocking section of the essay is the overall satiric idea of using poor children as a food source. The entire essay was of one man's opinion, but the most truthful facts were the statistics he presented about the people in the country.
The part of the essay that hit me the hardest was the fact that so many children were living on the streets and were forced to beg and steal for food. I cannot imagine a society that allows this amount of neglect and abuse. I was most shocked by Swift's suggestion to sell and eat babies and by the detail he provides describing the numerous ways to cook a child. Although his suggestion is horrid, Swift's reasoning is true; by not taking care of and feeding the children, the society is causing as much harm as actually eating babies would cause.
The abruptness and the extremes Swift discussed shocked me. Swift's comment at the end of the essay when he stated no one should say how horrifying his proposal was until they discovered a better idea was the truth. What hurt me the most was the number of women and children forced to live as beggers because of their landlords, and this hurt me because it really showed how evil a human can act.
The part that was most shocking to me was how much thought that Swift had put into the story. There were facts and statistics along with solutions that were very serious in their nature. The part about how to cook the children was the most shocking to me because of how he described the process in such detail. The most truthful part was that there are many people living in poverty and no one cares enough to do anything about it.
In Swift's pamphlet, I was astounded by his bold but appalling statements. What "hit me hardest" was his suggestion of saving the fore or hind quarters to be seasoned and boiled for family dishes. His claim that post lent time was the ripest was astounding, and his other seemingly deeply researched suggestions were disgusting (especially his six major "advantages"). I found that, however distasteful Swift's proposal sounded, the facts that he added with his proposal, as well as his accusation that nothing else had been done to solve the problem, were truthful and honest. These facts were just as despicable as the proposal stated. -BG
The part of the essay I found that hurt me the most was the descriptions of foods children would be a great addition to, such as a fricasee. The thought of anyone even thinking about eating children is sickening to me. The most stocking element of the essay was the fact that his reasoning behind eating children is somewhat of sense if they weren't going to do anything else. The most truthful is the that no one else was proposing any ideas, so why not eat babies?
In the story A Modest Proposal I found that hit me where it hurts was when the author talked with an acquaintance in London about how delicious a child tastes. The reason I take offense to this is because he is directly insulting the Americans. The most shocking part to me was how many different ways he suggested to cook them. The most truthful part was that there had to be something done with the poverty stricken people that lived in the streets.
In " A Modest Proposal" the part that impacted me the most how pragmatically Swift described a detailed system based on the consumption of the babies of the poor.I thought that the most truthful part was that people often refuse to see the trouble around them, preferring to live in a bubble of their own thoughts. And even if the people see the squalid poor around them, they refuse to help in any way more troublesome than to put a few pennies in their hands.
I found the part where the author described the children and beggers living on the streets and starving the most hurtful. In the story, the part that shocked me the most was when the author was discussing different ways to eat the children. When the author was discribing this, I was shocked by the detail of this passage, and I felt sorry for the children who are having to live on the streets. Not only did it disgusted me, but it made me realize how horrible their society is right now, if that is their only solution. The most truthful part of the essay was when the author told his audience that this is their only option since no one else is proposing any ideas to fix this problem.
In "A Modest Proposal" the part that hit me the most was when the author was describing the starvation and suffering of the children that lived on the street. This really hurt because it made me realize that not everyone is lucky enough to have a home or a family that cares for them. The part that I found most shocking was when the author was describing in detail about how to cook the children and which one of them tasted better. The entire essay was truthful because the author was not afraid to share his opinion in how to stop the suffering of the children living on the street.
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