The reasons that prompted Swift to write "A Modest Proposal were:
Severe poverty in Ireland brought about by heavy English taxation
England's refusal to allow Ireland self-government
Explanation:
A modest proposal was an essay Jonathan Swift wrote to convince the crown to change and help Irelands society. Because poverty had made them very difficult to raise their children and provide them with a good quality of life instead of making them suffer from poverty. Now, the reasons behind it were that in the first place the English crown was incredibly corrupt and they charged high taxes to their colonies/territories outside England. Also, it was a petition for a new for a government that would allow the Irish to create an interdependent system to not rely only on England's decisions.
<em>Which word best describes the tone of this excerpt?</em>
<em>The correct answer is D. Sympathetic</em>
<em>The word that best describes the tone is sympathetic. When the driver says, “Times are changed, don’t you know?” is looking for a change in the mind of his listener. He is trying to cause a reaction so that the listener makes sense of the reality. In the sentence, “Get your three dollars a day, feed your kids” The driver is asking his listener to do the actions that matter, he is asking the listener not to deviate from the path that is going to take him or her to live day by day. During the complete excerpt, the driver is showing compassion and sensitivity to the listener’s emotions.</em>
