“. . . these children are seldom the fruits of marriage, a circumstance not much regarded by our savages therefore one male will be sufficient to serve four females.”
Swift incorporates very humorous and outrageous propositions in his satire towards Irish economy. He proposes that the only way to aide and stabilize Ireland’s poor conditioned economy is to put poor children good use by being sold for labor and refers to them during his entire proposal, as animals to be sold. The overall purpose was to mock the courses of action taken by Ireland because at the time the conditions of the country were not strong, and the only possible solutions thought were ridiculous . To further add more sarcasm and comical relief, Swift admits that he would never even consider such a proposal.
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