Johnathan Swift
Johnathan Swift was born on 30th of November 1667 in Dublin, Ireland and was an Irish author, politician and he also loved his homeland Ireland.
In his early life, he studied at Trinity Collage in Dublin, then after he ended up working for an English Statesman named Sir William Temple, for 10 years as his assistant. Temple encouraged Swift to write, so he started with writing short essays to a manuscript then later to a book. Years after, Temple died, and Swift wrote his first political pamphlet - 'A Discourse on the Contests and Dissentions in Athens and Rome'. In 1704 he wrote 'A Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books', which although was very popular at that time, it was harshly disproved by the Church of England. However, this gained Swift a reputation in London, and was asked to become the Editor of 'Examiner' - The Conservative Party's official paper. Swift kept moving from Ireland to London, and during those times, he wrote many pieces including Gulliver's Travels and Cadenus and Vanessa (a poem). His partner died in 1728, and from this, he wrote a book called 'The Death of Mrs. Johnson'. Later in 1742, Swift suffered from a stroke and lost the ability to speak. On 19th of October 1742, Swift died and was buried next to Esther Johnson inside the St. Patrick Cathedral in Dublin.
In his early life, he studied at Trinity Collage in Dublin, then after he ended up working for an English Statesman named Sir William Temple, for 10 years as his assistant. Temple encouraged Swift to write, so he started with writing short essays to a manuscript then later to a book. Years after, Temple died, and Swift wrote his first political pamphlet - 'A Discourse on the Contests and Dissentions in Athens and Rome'. In 1704 he wrote 'A Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books', which although was very popular at that time, it was harshly disproved by the Church of England. However, this gained Swift a reputation in London, and was asked to become the Editor of 'Examiner' - The Conservative Party's official paper. Swift kept moving from Ireland to London, and during those times, he wrote many pieces including Gulliver's Travels and Cadenus and Vanessa (a poem). His partner died in 1728, and from this, he wrote a book called 'The Death of Mrs. Johnson'. Later in 1742, Swift suffered from a stroke and lost the ability to speak. On 19th of October 1742, Swift died and was buried next to Esther Johnson inside the St. Patrick Cathedral in Dublin.
A Modest Proposal
This was an essay written by Johnathan Swift, in 1729, where Ireland had a problem of a very bad society with a lack of food, and many beggars. Swift then came up with an idea that this would all be resolved if the people of Ireland ate their babies. This was because at a young age, children became thieves or became slaves in Barbados, which ruined society. Swift then goes on about how he calculated the costs of children, and how many babies there would be per year. Furthermore, he then goes on about the different ways of eating and cooking the children and how it would resolve the situation of hunger. However, in the last two paragraphs, Swift states that what he was proposing was all a lie, and he didn't want anything to happen like that. The reason for this was to get the audiences' attention and this term is called satire. Satire is when you exaggerate to make something seem foolish and stupid, but with a purpose to get the reader's attention at the same time. So, in the beginning and through most of the essay, we thought that Swift was out of his mind and a 'mad man', however, we then realise that he only did this grab the reader's awareness and conclude that he would never do this. |
My satire piece inspired by Johnathan Swift
The uniform in this school is astonishing just due to the fact that the children of this school do not know how to dress properly and represent this school. I am about to propose an idea which would benefit everyone and save them the trouble of telling them to wear their uniform correctly. My idea is for the children to get electrocuted every time they do not wear their uniform correctly. And I do not mean a light, mild electrocution I mean one which would really make them learn their lesson. The worse the uniform the higher the voltage of electrocution. Simple. This way I will fully assure you that the children would be fully focused on their work and nothing else, benefiting everyone. Although this would make the children just slightly terrified of not getting their uniform right, it will make a massive difference in the standard and quality of their work and making this school a much better school than it was ever before. If you read this and thought that was I was writing was for real, I was only joking. I just wanted your attention, and say that it does not matter how strict you are with the uniform, it would not improve the work that they are producing or their concentration in classes. All of this is up to them, therefore I believe that you need to loosen the rules a bit and concentrate on what it more important, and that the children's work. |