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Jonathon Swift's A Modest Proposal “A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland from Being a Burden to their Parents or Country, and for Making them Beneficial to the Public,” or, now simply known as “A Modest Proposal”. Published by, Jonathon Swift has become one of the most controversial writings of all time. This work has a stream of literary techniques including: satire, irony, and criticism. Jonathon Swift’s home country in Ireland was suffering from poverty and he felt someone needed to accept blame. Swift felt that the British held the responsibility of the colony of Ireland. The people of Ireland were st