1.) The initial problem that is addressed at the beginning of this piece is the fact that women and children are out on the streets begging for food. Swift proposes the idea that anyone who could figure out a way to get these children off the streets and turn them into productive members of society would be doing a great service to the nation. Basically, his proposal is that by fattening up these malnourished children and feeding them to the rich landowners of the country, this would allow the economy to thrive and ultimately just create a better nation.
Another problem that Swift proposes a solution to is the fact that there is a shortage of deer in the country. Swift’s solution is to use teenage boys and girls as an alternative and butcher them for meat. Because so many of these teenagers are already unemployed and malnourished, he doesn’t see a problem with this. However, Swift kind of eases up on this solution because he realizes that this sounds totally absurd and cannibalistic to the point that no one is actually going to buy it. A third problem that Swift brings up is the fact that poor families who have a lot of children are often in a significant amount of debt. If they sell off their children as meat to rich families, then this could be a solution to paying off their debt. This would also cause parents to be less likely to abuse their children and would “spur healthy competition among parents as to who can bring the fattest Child to the Market.”
I think that the satirical mode helps Swift to get his point across. His sarcasm definitely adds to the piece and allows some of the things he says to be slightly less ridiculous and he actually does form some logical arguments through his satire. The satirical mode also makes the piece entertaining to the reader so that you will keep reading to eventually find out what his true exigence is in writing this piece. I think that Swift’s true purpose in writing this was to make people aware of the state of the nation and to realize that something had to be done. He makes his point by talking all about these appalling and immoral solutions with the point of drawing the reader’s attention to who is to truly blame for the state of the country’s economy. I think that Swift is really trying to point out that the upper class is to blame. The true point behind this essay is that the lower class needs help and it is the upper class that needs to step up and stop this oppression.
2.) In our modern society, cell phones are a big deal. So how is it that people should expect us to wait to answer text messages when we are driving in the car? I mean for us teenagers, texts are always important. It’s not like we’re ever texting about things that don’t matter. Every text is crucial and should not be delayed. But for some reason adults think that texting while driving is dangerous- they think it causes accidents. So, to make them happy why don’t we just get our cell phones surgically implanted into our arms. That way they are never out of reach and we can always have that piece of mind that our best friend is right there by our side. This solution would allow for us to be able to text, make phone calls and browse the web all while still being able to drive with two hands on the wheel. During phone calls, we would no longer be having the phone glued to our ears, allowing us to be fully aware of the sounds around us. This will all add up to safe driving without having to give up a crucial part of daily life.
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