A modest proposal, to save the country's image: examine the oppression of the Irish poorA modest proposal: to prevent people's children poor in Ireland to become a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public was published in 1729 by Jonathan Swift. It was published during an economic crisis and a period in which the English developed great dissatisfaction with the Irish. The Irish were facing a devastating economic crisis during the 1700s. The Irish were facing starvation and Swift wanted to expose the unfortunate lives of the poor so that the country would strive for change in everyone's lives. The English were aware of everything that was happening and were not satisfied with how terrible their state was turning out to be. Swift wanted change; he wanted to save the county before the oppression of the poor reached its extreme. Swift soon took action and announced his proposal to the Irish so that they could find better alternative solutions. The proposal was to eat the children to help the devastating economy that the poor were facing. In his proposal he mocks the authority of British officials as an oppressive regime responsible for the suffering of the Irish, and also tries to find a way to evoke a sense of sympathy in his audience through the use of graphic and mocking images. Swift uses graphic images to grab her audience's attention so that she can develop alternative solutions rather than her own proposal. With the use of graphic imagery Swift makes cannibalism very outrageous, causing a strong emotional appeal to make the Irish and English react. more mature towards situations. Swift aimed to help eliminate the dire situation in the middle of the paper, without abusing what they are given, which in this one was power and wealth. Work cited Swift, Jonathan. “A modest proposal: to prevent the children of the poor in Ireland from being a burden to their parents or to the country and to make them useful to the public.” 1729. Rpt. into current issues and lingering questions. Ed. Sylvan Barnet and Hugo Bedau. Boston, MA: St. Martin's 1996. 111-117. Bone, Martyn. "Historical summary of 18th-19th century Ireland". Our family history. Martyn Bone, March 11, 2006. Web. May 17, 2010. .Swift, Jonathan. "A modest proposal." Excellent online literature. 1997-2010 http://swift.classicauthors.net/ModestProposal/ (May 17, 2010). Wikipedia contributors. "Jonathan Swift." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 17 May. 2010. Network. 18 May. 2010.