Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 4 AIL 0333 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Swift's Proposal: The Gap Opens
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The idea
Swift writes that he has been assured by a very knowing American that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked or boiled. The register has not changed. Only the content has.
In practice
Register steady, content monstrous.
Where people slip
This is satire, not a recommendation.
Your place on the trail
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