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  1. Read Jonathan Swift’s essay, “A Modest Proposal” and Dr. Robert Kenny’s lecture on the Irish Potato Famine and British-Irish relations.

 

 

 

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1080/1080-h/1080-h.htm

 

RWK famine lecture.docx 

 

 

 

Write a response that addresses the following:

 

 

 

  • What is the main technique that Swift employs to make his point?
  • Is Swift’s choice of approach effective or ineffective?  Why?
  • Swift wrote his essay in 1729.  Do you feel as though a similar approach would work for modern audiences?  Why or why not?

 

Thoughtful responses will earn you 15 points.

 

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