English 1022E Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: A Modest Proposal, Alliterative Verse, Ventriloquism
12 Jan 2017
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A character whose reason has become merely a calculation of numbers and measures. All of the discourse is full of these things. Also is someone whose language has become a slave to calculation. As he makes his arguments he is out to impress us that his solution is the solution to. Irelands problems: wants to impress upon the reader, the inhumanity of reason gone wrong and to provoke the irish into doing something about their lives and taking destiny into their own hands. Problem appears: he gives us a catalogue with one item that is out of place. Giving some pleasure to the rich not good. He claims humility for himself and that he has no invested interest in pursing this task: page 1200: 20,000 may be reserved for breeding purposes. What you do with livestock and pigs and cattle (cid:862)reaso(cid:374)(cid:863) ho(cid:396)(cid:396)i(cid:271)l(cid:455) (cid:373)isused. He is really after the rich and wants to get in with the wealthy.
