Question

What does Swift tell his readers is his proposed solution to the social problem?

Group of answer choices

a. Eat the poor Irish children

b. Eat the poor English children

c. Eat the rich Irish landlords

d. Eat the rich English landlord

Answer 1

In Swifts’s Modest Proposal, he suggests eating poor Irish children as a solution to the social problem. Of course, it’s meant satirically. Swift didn’t really advocate cannibalism.