English 1022E Lecture 7: A Modest Proposal
1 Apr 2016
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British maintained total control over ireland exploitation: swift: metaphor // the population of ireland is essentially consuming, eating their own people // england as consumer. Process upon the readers as what he sees britain is doing to ireland. He wants the irish to see the extremes of what england is doing to ireland: right reason. Consumption metaphor: england is consuming ireland, therefore swift uses the metaphor of eating children to communicate what england is doing to the irish society, imperialism: ruling over a multitude of countries (empire) The fact that the proposer hangs around with americans alludes and explains. Parody of scienti c treatise: people suggested the most abstract ideas. Extracting sunlight from cucumbers, extracting food/power from excrement, etc: among the most popular projections: ways to deal with social/economical/political issues, satirical catalogue. Oration structure: classical oration: a scheme/structure was created in roman times that was believed to be the most effective and compelling way to convince an idea/projection on people.
