A Modest Proposal

I remember reading Swift's A Modest Proposal in high school. I had a lot of fun reading this selection because we had to write our own "modest proposal." It was a group activity in which we had to write a satire similar to Swift's essay. I wrote mine on something really ridiculous, though I can't quite recall what it was about. But one of my friends that is still in high school had to write one recently and I helped her with it a bit. She chose to write about how she was a mad scientist that came up with a drug that reduced the levels of testosterone in males and how this would better the world, fixing the problems of war and relationships between people. I thought it was funny and all, but didn't really agree with or appreciate the topic. But I didn't tell her that. Another friend of mine decided to write his on some crazy idea about how to rid the world of all the ugly people. I'm just using these examples to better reinforce something close to what Swift was trying to do. That is the point of a satire after all. A satire is supposed to be something the author doesn't approve of and is most times funny, with strong use of irony, sarcasm and parody. Satire is my favorite type of writing, and that's why I enjoyed this reading so much.