A Modest Proposal and Other Satires

A Modest Proposal- What is his claim? What are his reasons to support that claim? What are his warrants?

You might asy that Swift is making two arguments here-te literal argument of the oiece and the underlying argument that is his "real point." Examining his literal argument can help eludicate his underlying point. Conduct a Toulmin analysis of swift's proposal-what is his claim? What are his reasons to support that claim? What are his warrants?

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The literal argument is that Ireland is overpopulated because the Catholic population is reproducing too many children. Therefore, by using children as a marketable commodity (for meat and for other income-producing enterprises), the children would be less of a drain on the Irish economy and would, in fact, increase the economy. His real argument is that the English are treating the Irish so badly that they are literally cannibalizing the Irish people.