Analyzing the 2 essays titled “A Modest Proposal “by Dr. Jonathan Swift and “Politics and the English Language” by George Orwell, showed a writers ability to present and portray their message through stylistic devices and techniques. In each of their essays a problem is identified and a solution is found. Swift was challenging the treatment of the Irish and giving a gruesome and harsh solution to their problem. Orwell identifies a problem in the deterioration of the English language and brings examples to show the reader the difference between then and now. In a way Orwell is making fun of modern writing and gives a solution to help fix it. A Modest Proposal was written by Dr. Jonathan Swift in 1729. Swift’s essay states an ironic and