Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal." Those who are more thrifty (as I must confess the times require) may flea the carcass; the skin of which, artificially dressed, will make admirable gloves for ladies, and summer boots for fine gentlemen. The author is using satire in this excerpt to emphasize the utter absurdity of his plan. necessity for warm winter clothing. ways that people are cruel to children. various benefits of his plan.

the utter absurdity of his plan

Explanation:

Satire is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices.

Jonathan Swift uses satire in his book A Modest Proposal to ridicule and mock the \British elites for their treatment of the Irish people by suggesting that selling off children would ease their economic troubles.

He uses satire throughout the essay to show the impracticability of the British policy that is supposed to remedy the sufferings of the Irish.

From the excerpt, Swift is showing the utter absurdity of the plan of using carcass to make dresses, gloves and boots.

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