Read the following passage from Jonathan Swift's essay 'A Modest
I shall now therefore humbly propose my own thoughts,
which I hope will not be liable to the least objections
I have been assured by a very knowing American of my
acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well
nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and
wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or
boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a
fricasie, or a ragoust.
I do therefore humbly offer it to publick consideration, that
of the hundred and twenty thousand children, already
computed, twenty thousand may be reserved for breed...
That the remaining hundred thousand may, at a year old,
be offered in sale to the persons of quality and fortune,
through the kingdom, always advising the mother to let
them suck plentifully in the last month, so as to render
them plump, and fat for a good table.
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Write a short argument responding to these questions: What point does Swift want to
the passage, and does he use satire effectively to make that point? Be sure to include
claim and to respond to at least one counterclaim. Use specific details from the passag
develop your argument.
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