In “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift informs the reader that a famine is happening in Ireland and the rich are turning a blind eye to the starving poor. Swift claims that the best way to fix the problem of overpopulation and beggars on the street is to eat the poor children. John Swift is a Protestant clergyman, so he sees what these people are going through every day due to church. Yet, he is a member of the ruling class, meaning he has never lived through these horrible conditions the families are. Since he does see these people, he has a good idea of what is going on in their lives making him a credible person on the subject of the living conditions in 1729 when he wrote “A Modest Proposal.” The horrible conditions the lives consisted