Modest proposal #5

Jonathin swift was not effected by the problems such as poverty and the plauge, he dident have to deal with those problems. He was a neatrual party who looked at the problem and knew what was wrong with it. Overpopulation was not a problem for him to deal with because he did not live in Ireland. He had the money to purchase food to live and shelter to protect himself in from the elements. However he wanted to do something about all the poor Irish people constantly taking abuse from the English. The Irish in ireland had to deal with the poverty, overpopulation and the plauge. As they tried to enter America they were mistreated and abused. The worse part is that 1/3 of all of Irelands food was from potatoes! This doesent sound so bad but when the Potato Famine occured 25% of Irelands population died! This was cuased by the potato blight, which ravaged potato crops in Europe. Because there was no food, people either died, migrated to America or tried to get by. Jonothin Swift i believe identified himself as a prostanent and left it at that. Swift sent this letter i believe because even though he wasent effected by the problems Ireland was facing he saw the corruption that made life unfair for them. He wanted to help the Irish out, espiacally the ones that moved to America.