Essay Response For this 20-point assignment, you must provide an in-depth analysis of the prompt.

Your response should be

a minimum of ten sentences
include at least two blended quotations from the text as support
Remember: This is an analysis, not a summary of the text.
Question

Reflect back on the specific groups of people "A Modest Proposal" suggests as sources of Irish suffering -

landlords (lines 94-96, 147-148, and 282-288)
gentlemen (lines 189-193 and 197-203), anti-Papists (lines 102-105 and 174-181)
merchants (lines 63-68)
How does Swift's description of these groups add meaning to his satire?

Using evidence from the text, explain how he satirizes the attitudes and habits of each of these groups.