Jonathan Sw ifts Ireland 1729 Jonathan Swift 0
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Jonathan Sw ift’s Ireland 1729
Jonathan Swift 0 Anglo-Irish writer 0 Gulliver’s Travels 0“A Modest Proposal”
Ireland in 1729 0 British occupation of Ireland 0 Natives vs. the British
Cultural Tension VS. British Protestantism Irish Catholicism
Tension leads to Famine 0 British trade restrictions result in mass poverty, hunger, and homelessness among predominantly Irish Catholics
Passage Pull 1 0 “I am assured by our merchants, that a boy or girl before twelve years old is no salable commodity; and even when they come to this age they will not yield above 3£ or 3£ 2 s. 6 d. at most on the exchange; which cannot turn to account either to the parents or kingdom, the charge of nutriment and rags having been at least four times that value. ”
Passage Pull 2 0 “It would increase the tenderness of mothers toward their children. . . which of them would bring the fattest child to the market. Men would become as fond of their wives during the time of their pregnancy as they are now of their mares in foal, their cows in calf. . . Nor offer to beat or kick them for fear of miscarriage. ”
Passage Pull 3 0 “I have not the least personal interest in endeavoring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the public good of my country. . . I have no children by which I can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past childbearing. ”
