The full title of A Modest Proposal is " A modest Proposal for preventing the children of poor people in Ireland from being a burden to their parents or country, and for making then beneficial to the public. "
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"A Modest Proposal" is a satirical essay written by Jonathan Swift in 1729. The essay suggests an outlandish solution to poverty in Ireland by proposing that impoverished families should sell their children as food to wealthy individuals. The proposal highlights the callousness of British policy towards Irish poverty and serves as a critique of political and economic exploitation.
Jonathan Swift, the author of A Modest Proposal, was not the actual speaker of the essay. The speaker was a Protestant and a member of the Irish upper class.