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How Does Jamaica Kincaid Use Irony In A Modest Proposal

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Narratives play a big role in stories. They show a perspective and really go into depth how a character feels for a certain situation. The argument in the story “The Modest Proposal” is trying to convince the Irish and English parliament to improve the conditions of the poor. Satire, which is a use of humor or irony plays a big role in “A Modest Proposal” ; it uses humor to show the real truth and chaos of Ireland and the people of it. Swift (the author of the story) used the idea of eating children as a metaphor for what he saw as happening to the poor. . In the story “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid the story uses the narrative to show Jamaica's past. It also shows how Jamaica wants her daughter to act in a certain way in a certain society …show more content…

The reason why it stood out to me so much was because it really showed the satire that was being used in the sentence, in this case him making the children into food . You can analyze what the author is trying to show, which in this case is poverty. You hear in his voice how if the problem isn't fixed then the people of Ireland might consider this option. His satirical argument is that the wealthy landowners "devoured" the Irish with their cruelty, so Swift suggests they do so literally. Again this also shows that instead of Swift issuing the problem straightforwardly he uses satire and humor to symbolize the actual problem. Also to add on the way he explained what to do makes it seem like he has done it before when he never has since he comes up with the …show more content…

Her daughter now can be the opposite, for example her questioning the mother. What if her decisions of what she is doing to her is wrong? Throughout the story, it is only twice that the girl responds to her mother. The girl says that she does not sing benna in Sunday school, and asks the hypothetical question, “what if the baker won’t let me feel the bread?”. This shows how all of a sudden now only the girl starts to question herself and her mothers path of lifestyle. Which is really similar to “The Modest Proposal” how without a choice the people must do something to keep on going and also start to question themselves about the proposal itself, thinking that the population might also decrease if they eat the

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