Question

Read this excerpt from Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal," in which he explains how poor parents could benefits by selling their infants for use as food.
"Secondly, the poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to distress, and help pay their landlord's rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown."

What point is Swift really?

A. The wealthy take enormous advantage of the poor.
B. The poor would be eager to sell their infants for food.
C.The poor would take advantage of the wealthy if they could.
D. The wealthy are not able to financially maintain their properties.

Answer 1

The answer is: A. The wealthy take enormous advantage of the poor.

In the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal," Jonathan Swift makes use of irony and suggests cooking children to improve Ireland's economy and decrease overpopulation. Actually, Swift intends to urge wealthy landowners to take action, since he believes they are reponsible for depriving the poor Irish people of positive human qualities.