A Modest Proposal Contextualizing
A Modest Proposal - ContextualizingReading by contextualizing would be effective in understanding the argument in the essay “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathon Swift. When the reader recognizes the time and place of the essay’s writing and the unique attitudes and values of that time and place, he or she is contextualizing. Before and while reading “A Modest Proposal” the reader must consider the occasion for writing. The reader should recall any experiences that revealed the quality of life in Ireland for families now or several centuries ago. If the reader has read the novel Angela’s Ashes, based on 20th century Ireland, he...
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