What is the best way to tackle social/economic/political issues? Is it to protest by picketing or rioting? Is it to give moving speeches? One way that writers throughout history have tackled issues in their lifetime is through satire: the use of irony, sarcasm, or ridicule in exposing/denouncing/deriding some problem. In Animal Farm Orwell tackles political issues through satire with the animals on the farm. Similarly, in Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal, he tackles the issue of poverty, homelessness, and economic struggles through a terrifying solution. For the next few days, we will read A Modest Proposal in class and then write our own version of a satire.
1. Read A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift: A MODEST PROPOSAL
2: Write your own satire that tackles a social/political/religious/governmental/economic issue
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