Satirical works: A Modest Proposal, Beyond the Fringe, Candlemakers' petition, Pierce the Ploughman's Crede, A Modest Video Game Proposal

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: A Modest Proposal, Beyond the Fringe, Candlemakers' petition, Pierce the Ploughman's Crede, A Modest Video Game Proposal, True History, Geek and Gamer Girls Song, The Battle of the Books, In My Country There Is Problem, A Fable for Critics, SCUM Manifesto, An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity, The Pumpkinification of Claudius, The Heathen Chinee, Jesus with erection, Dragon of Wantley, Julius Excluded from Heaven, Peri Bathous, Or the Art of Sinking in Poetry, Caprichos, October 26 1993, Transcendental Wild Oats, The True-Born Englishman, St. Fidgeta and Other Parodies, John Bon and Mast Parson, Namby Pamby, I've Never Met a Nice South African, Jack Upland, Oedipus Tex, Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting, Trivia. Excerpt: A Modest Proposal 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, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. Swift suggests that impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food for rich gentlemen and ladies. This satirical hyperbole mocks heartless attitudes towards the poor, as well as British policy in Ireland in general. Swift goes to great lengths to support his argument, including a list of possible preparation styles for the children, and calculations showing the financial benefits of his suggestion. He uses methods of argument throughout his essay which lampoon then-prominent William Petty and the social engineering popular among followers of Francis Bacon. These lampoons include appealing to the authority of "a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London" and "the famous Psalmanazar, a native of the island Formosa" (who had already...