Overview
I'm working on a biology writing question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.
"A Modest Proposal" is a satire and you should read it with this in mind. Swift is creating an overblown and preposterous solution to a societal ill in order to call attention to how dire the situation really is (in essence saying the poverty is so bad that if we don't get it under control, we could start to think this a valid solution). Satire was a very popular mode at the time and Swift's readers would have understood that he was writing in this mode. What do you consider the best argument of "A Modest Proposal" and why?