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What does Swift tell his readers is his proposed solution to the social problem?

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a. Eat the poor Irish children

b. Eat the poor English children

c. Eat the rich Irish landlords

d. Eat the rich English landlord

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In Swifts’s Modest Proposal, he suggests eating poor Irish children as a solution to the social problem. Of course, it’s meant satirically. Swift didn’t really advocate cannibalism.
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