Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal.". What is Swift's purpose in listing other ways to solve
the issue of poverty?
This I freely own, and 'twas indeed one principal design
in offering it to the world. I desire the reader will
observe, that I calculate my remedy for this one
individual Kingdom of Ireland, and for no other that ever
was, is, or, I think, ever can be upon Earth. Therefore
let no man talk to me of other expedients: Of taxing our
absentees at five shillings a pound: Of using neither
cloaths, nor houshold furniture, except what is of our
own growth and manufacture Of utterly rejecting the
materials and instruments that promote foreign luxury
O to show that his plan to sell children is the most
reasonable plan that has been put forth
O to show that society is already asking too much of
wealthy individuals
O to show that real reform is possible with reasonable
sacrifice
o to show that there are many other people who are
trying to bring about reform