1. Swift creates the persona of the author as someone who seems to be willing to get rid of everyone if they are becoming a burden to society.
2. The real thesis: "...I have not the least personal interest in endeavoring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country, by advancing our trade...".
3. In the last few paragraphs of the essay, there are obvious differences between the proposer and Swift, because Swift states his real proposal.
4. In Swift's essay, he is attacking the people that want to find solutions quickly, no matter how stupid or risky they are. Swift's attitude for the beggars is that he doesn't want the children to burden their parents or the country. In the essay Swift associates himself as wealthy.
5.No, the essay isn't completely a satire. Swift presents a real proposal in the last few paragraphs of the essay.
6. The essay is organized in the problem and solution for babies, and then 1-12 year old children and finally the elderly, maimed or ill.
7. When Swift states his real proposal it strengthens his moment, in my opinion.
8. In some parts of Swift's proposal, he was lighthearted, making it horation, but when he talked about selling babies to eat them as a way to solve the problem of babies in poor families, that idea was juvenalian.
9. The word modest in the title is an understatement because the proposal is the opposite, which also makes it ironic.
10. Hyperbole: Swift claims that selling and eating babies would be the best solution to everything.
Understatement: The title uses the word modest, thought that is the opposite of the actual proposal.
11. People are trying to fix problems with the cheapest and easiest solutions, like Swift's proposal.
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