n through addressing a very real problem; the proliferation of beggers accompanied by malnourished children. He mentions the "deplorable state of the kingdom" where young children's futures are so limited that they will either turn theives for want of work" or "sell themselves" into slavery. As soon as swift has gained the readers' attention he switches into his ironic, methodical mode. He begins to attempt to appeal to authority through his mention of having "turned (his) thoughts for many years upon this important subject. Before even mentioning what his intended proposal is, swift begins to speak in terms of computations and statistics and use diction to give the poor a sub-human quality in order to divert the attention from the horrific nature of what he is about to propose. Swift first hints that peasants are being treated as less than human by refering to a newborn baby as being "dropped from its dam." He then begins to refer t owives as not mothers, but "breeders. After having almost entirely erased the human element of the famine, he then inductively introduces his gruesome proposal; child cannibalism. At this point, Swift has already subtly illustrated the gravity of Ireland's current condition by implying that by treating the "breeders" like animals, he is in fact improving their lifestyle, for the voluntary abortions that these women are forced to commit " would move tears and pity to the most savage and inhuman beast." disagree

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