Who is swift ridiculing using satire in "a modest proposal"? a. children who were born into poverty and were not properly fed b. the english government, which seemed to care little about the irish people c. individuals who were underprivileged and had difficulty finding employment d. english government officials, who believed selling children to eat was a good idea

It's a satire. And a Modest Proposal is not based on any historical fact. That's why it's satire. Swift is trying to speak against an attitude, but what one? So any mention of government is not his primary purpose, so D is definitely gone. B is a little harder to get rid of. It's partly true: England seemed to be indifferent to the problems in Ireland. Given your choices, you have to pick B., but he was actually speaking out against the English gentry living in Ireland at the time.

A is not the answer at all. Swift was trying to draw attention to the extreme poverty in Ireland. The children were victims of poverty, not the cause of it.  And That eliminates C as well. That poverty could not be helped especially since it was due to crop failures which made it difficult to feed people

B <<<<< Best answer.