Question

We know that J. Swift uses satire. Why does he use satire, and do you think he was successful in his use of satire to prove his point? EXPLAIN. (3+ sentences)

Answer 1

Swift is criticizing the English government and the wealthy for creating poverty in Ireland. He uses verbal irony when he proposes that eating children is the way to resolve the growing problem of impoverished children. By developing this idea and implying that the English will not mind if the Irish use children for food, Swift suggests that the English government is callous and cruel.: