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Jonathan Swift’s renowned fresh Gulliver’s Travels is perchance the greatest work of literary sarcasm of all time written. Ever since its publication. it has been an of import and challenging piece in English literature. As defined by a dictionary. sarcasm is “The usage of wit. sarcasm. hyperbole. or ridicule to expose and knock people’s stupidity…

In “A Modest Proposal,” Jonathan Swift sets about as if he were proposing a reasonable political solution to the severe economic and social issues facing Ireland.  According to his words near the end of his essay, Swift has been “wearied out for many years with offering vain, idle, visionary thoughts, and at length [he is]…