My take on "A Modest Proposal"

  

     One of my favorite types of movies are period movies.When I first heard the title, "A Modest Proposal", I assumed this would be a story like my favorite movies. I assumed there would be a guy and a girl falling in love with each other. The book in my mind would have all kinds of drama and romance. Honestly, when I read the first paragraph I was lost. I kept reading and trying to soak in what was written. I actually did not really understand Jonathan Swift's argument until paragraph 9. Paragraph 9 makes it obvious that he is speaking of selling the babies as food. I thought to myself, oh my goodness this guy is crazy. I have seen scary movies and watched a lot of Dateline shows, but wow this was unexpected. I wanted to keep reading to make sure Swift wasn't going to say he was just kidding. Swift was not kidding,  he was very serious about his argument. He really thought by poor women selling their children, they would be doing good for themselves and thousands of others. They would be making money instead of having their children grow up and be a burden to them. He had an American friend tell him what age the children would taste good at. He had done plenty of research it seemed for a crazy idea.The only part I thought was funny was when he would speak of his critics. He would mention them just a little, but not without putting them down as well. That was pretty funny to me. It kind of was like a guy telling a girl she was pretty, but she was dumb. Without a negative comment following Swift would not mention his critics. He thought very highly of his idea, no one was going to tell him different. The part where Swift said even the children would have preferred to be sold was insane. I don't think anyone would say they would have rather been sold than to live there life. His whole idea of when the babies would be most plentiful was really nuts. Serving children for holiday dinners is not a thought that would come to a normal persons mind. I really think Swift had some mental issues, or he just really was desperate. It is sad that they had a drought, and all the crops died. I can only imagine how many Irish people were starving. It is not fair that England wouldn't help the Irish people out, but Swift's idea wasn't any more fair. Then again, Swift wasn't fair regardless, he didn't plan on selling his child.

     I think if you want to preach something, you must be willing to first look at yourself. Will you practice what you just preached? Will you be the first to set the example? If you want to win an argument it has got to be something you are passionate about. It has to be something you really believe in. I thought long and hard for an idea on my proposal. One thing that is so out of hand right now is bullying. I hate seeing on the news when a child has committed suicide after being bullied. This breaks my heart every time and I find myself crying for hours afterward. No one should have to go through this. I hope my proposal will be very argumentative and persuasive. I'm looking forward to writing this essay because I really am passionate about the subject. Swift's proposal was very crazy, but it definitely kept you wanting to read. Hopefully my proposal will not be crazy, but will draw the readers in.