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A Modest Proposal

by Jonathan Swift

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A Modest Proposal Questions on Oppression

A Modest Proposal

In Jonathan Swift's satirical essay "A Modest Proposal," the landlords represent the wealthy Irish who exploit the impoverished. Swift sarcastically suggests that these landlords, who metaphorically...

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