Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

I grant this food will be somewhat dear, and therefore very proper for Landlords, who, as they have already devoured most of the Parents, seem to have the best Title to the Children. ("A Modest Proposal")

With the phrase "already devoured most of the Parents," Swift is suggesting implicity that _____________
A.The landlords have eaten the parents of the children on their property
B.The rights of the landlords extend to ownership of lives of the children who are born on the landlords' property
C.The landlords have virtually worked the adults on their propety to death.
D. It would be wrong to waste the lives of the children and not get something of value from them

Answer 1

B b is the answer to this

Answer 2

In the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal", by Jonathan Swift, with the phrase "already devoured most of the Parents", Swift is suggesting implicitly that C. The landlords have virtually worked the adults on their property to death. Swift, writes about how Ireland is suffering from being under British rule. He writes about how impoverished couples have trouble feeding their children. Mothers and children have to beg on the streets. Landlords made the parents work hard in a cruel and unfair way.