Jonathan Swift Rhetorical Analysis

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As Swift keeps saying how it would benefit people to eat the children, he decides to go a different route at the end. Although he says that he “can think of no one objection,” he gives great pointers as to how the dilemma may actually be solved. Even though he is using sarcasm while saying them, he starts it out with “Therefore let no man talk to me of other expedients…” He goes on about taxing, using only what is needed, not spending as much on women, learning to love their country, getting along with each other, and more. Although his earlier ideas challenged the status quo, he derails the train of thought by saying this now. He kept going on about eating children to actually giving hints and tips as to how the problem could be solved. These