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Who is Swift ridiculing using satire in "A Modest Proposal"?

children who were born into poverty and were not properly fed
the English government, which seemed to care little about the Irish people
individuals who were underprivileged and had difficulty finding employment
English government officials, who believed selling children to eat was a good idea

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josemariagto

The answer is: the English government, which seemed to care little about the Irish people.

Jonathan Swift, perhaps the greatest satirist of all time, wrote A modest proposal in order to critique prejudices in his time that viewed poverty through classist and unjust arguments, but also to critique British social and economic policies towards the people of Ireland in general, who, at that time, were highly mistreated and politically misrepresented.

jayilych4real

The person who Swift is ridiculing using satire in "A Modest Proposal" is the English government, which seemed to care little about the Irish people.

What is Satire?

This refers to the figurative expression which ridicules the public or political situation through the use of humor, hyperbole, irony, etc.

Hence, we can note that the writer made use of satire to mock the English government, which seemed to care little about the Irish people and how they left the economy to be in dire situations.

Read more about satire here:

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