<span>In Swift's satire of the "not yahoos", the Emperor and Flimnap represent specific people, but they also represent character types. </span>Two of Swift's pro-Irish writings were, "Drapier's Letters" which encouraged the boycott of English copper coins, and, "A Modest Proposal" which drew attention to starvation in Ireland. James Boswell wrote "<span>a biography of Johnson."</span>
In Swift's satire of the <u>Lilliputians</u>, the Emperor and Flimnap represent specific people, but they also represent character types.
Two of Swift's pro-Irish writings were <u>Drapier's Letters</u>, which encouraged the boycott of English copper coins, and , which drew attention to starvation in Ireland.