Identify five instances in the text "A Modest Proposal" where Swift exhibits his misanthropic attitude towards humanity and explain how.

Question

"A Modest Proposal"

by Jonathan Swift

Answer 1

The fist thing to know when answering this question is the meaning of misanthropic. Misanthropic generally has a negative connotation and means a sort of general dislike of other people. When finding your examples one hint is to look for irony in the text. Does Swift really think that eating babies is the solution to the Irish food shortage or is it supposed to be satire? How do you know? Once you read through the text again trying to answer those questions you should be able to find your 5 examples.