I would say all of the above if that's a choice...
He loves the donkey with all of his heart.
Answer:
A). Utter absurdity of his plan.
Explanation:
Satire is one of the most commonly employed literary devices that aim to either criticize or reveal the follies and vices of people through the use of humor, exaggeration, or irony.
As per the question, the author in the given excerpt from 'The Modest Proposal' is employing satire to highlight 'the utter absurdity of his plan' which is reflected through the use of words like 'thrifty, flea the carcass, etc.'. <u>Swift portrays the idea of 'selling children into a meat market for eradicating poverty'(by the thrifty ones) to criticize the social issue of starving families due to poverty and oppression and domination of wealthy elites.</u> Thus, in the given excerpt he emphasizes the absurd plan to mock at the present situation of Ireland and the authorities' inability to cater to it. Hence, <u>option A</u> is the correct answer.
I think this is the link, i'm not sure but I will give it to you ;)
<u>link:</u> https://faithaplit.wordpress.com/2015/11/19/the-poisonwood-bible-annotations/
<em>hope this helps :) from peachimin</em>