In Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal, we have a seemingly well-versed man who is speaking of the current condition of his society. His main concerns are the beggars of the female sex, and their children. He immediately makes it known due to the females' circumstances they really have no time to work, so they beg for what they need. The gentleman in his position comes up with his proposal to help contain this situation. He feels that the children should be of some value and be fed to fatten them up to sell them to be cooked and eaten.
             All of his references to the slaughtering of innocent children were just a way to open up the eyes of their society to how the beggars were not being given any type of assistance. Unlike today's society where we have government funded housing and food programs for the less fortunate, this town had nothing of the sort. The landlords were no nonsense and instead of supporting their own good and services, the shopkeepers bought from elsewhere.
             The proposal itself was a bit over the top, but it was what had to be done in order to open the eyes of those in society to the neglect of the homeless. He wanted them to have a means of survival. It seems as though he is placing the blame on those persons who were making money off of anything. I say that because he wanted those female beggars to be compensated fro their role as mother or "breeder" as referenced in the story.
             Step by step, the narrator outlines the problem, gives the solution, shows its benefits, considers and dismantles the obvious objections, shows his proposal's superiority to other measures, and concludes with a modest disclaimer. The six point proposal given outlined what was to be done with the situation. Firstly, it would lessen the number of Catholics. Secondly, the poor would have something of value to help better themselves. Thirdly, since the yearly maintenance a
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