These mothers instead of being able to work for their honest livelihood (…) It is a melancholy object to those, who walk through this great town, or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the roads and cabbin-doors crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags, and importuning every passenger for an alms. This logic could cause the dehumanization of children which could alter the size of the population.For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick. He exemplifies the children as animals like sheep which could be eaten or used as clothes.

Swift refers to women as breeders in the beginning of the story in order to help rationalize the idea of stopping people from objectifying women.Īlthough Swift uses logos to underline his main idea some of his values are illogical even though they are not meant to be taken seriously, in which he writes, ”A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends and when the family dines alone, the for or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter.” This toys with the idea of eating children which is unethical and immoral which could cause disgust or confusion towards his point. The two different religions will need to stop fighting each other in order to survive the crisis at hand.

The real solution is very difficult and requires the cooperation of the whole country in order for it to work. Swift states, “Of taxing our absentees at five shillings a pound: Of using neither clothes, nor household furniture, except what is of our own growth and manufacture: Of utterly rejecting the materials and instruments that promote foreign luxury: Of curing the expensiveness of pride, vanity,idleness, and gaming in our women.” The points that Swift highlights are important for the country because it does not put blame on a group but, instead of the country as a whole. Swift employs logos when talking about his solutions to the problems that they are facing.

A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift