A Modest Proposal

In this famous writing by Johnathan Swift from the 1700's is a powerful piece that is still widely read in today's times.  Swift wrote a satire piece about the poor and how they should raise their children to be eaten and how this will help with the hunger rate of the poor. 

Now I am a fan of funny dark humor, but this was a  bit too much for me. I truly thought that Swift was serious about  eating children, he did such a good job doing that, but he did an even better job bringing attention to the oblivious rich people in the country that there was a large problem with the poverty level in the country.

Swift's writing that a brilliant piece of writing can be done in many different ways. Though some people today might feel that what he wrote went beyond tackiness and tastelessness, they can not argue that it did not get them thinking about how serious the poor problem had to be for some to suggest such a thing.