Whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound useful members of the common-wealth, would d
eserve so well of the publick as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. Based on this satirical excerpt, what is most likely to be true about the author? A. He doesn't think statues are the proper way to honor people the public admires. B. He believes the public is not giving him the honors he has earned. C. He feels the public doesn't always honor the right people. D. He doesn't always agree with the choices of who is honored by the public.
D. He doesn't always agree with the choices of who is honored by the public.
Explanation:
This excerpt is from Jonathan Swift's (1667 – 1745) satirical article "A Modest Proposal" - <em>for preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick.</em>
Option C states almost the same thing as in option D. But option D better explains the situation.
There is also a sharp sense of satire in author's usage of words "fair, cheap and easy". Jonathan Swift's satire is aimed toward government whose policies even in matters of such great importance are economy centered.
I strongly believe that this questions answer is B
Explanation: When we talking about the past we must say that a lot of vocabulary are changed. Because thanks to time we forgot same vocabulary. We need to check a usage dictionary and a dictionary to get vocabulary which one used in the past. Some words means are same and some words look like same but they haven't same means for this we should check dictionary.
The media is often biased, only representing their view of the story (Look at CNN vs Fox News for example, same story, completely different interpretation and telling of it)
