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What was the author’s purpose in creating A Modest Proposal?


What was the author’s purpose in creating A Modest Proposal?


To draw attention to the crisis of poverty in Ireland by ridiculing the behavior of those responsible, namely the landowning classes and the English ruling power


To win lasting glory by creating the single most notorious work of literature in the English language and impressing the world with his dark wit


To achieve fame for himself and to garner support for the cause of Irish independence by creating a document so profoundly shocking to English readers that nobody could ignore it


To present a plan for preventing Irish children from being a burden to their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the public