You should finish reading Gulliver's Travels for today.  We will analyze it, and then look at A Modest Proposal.  

• First, write a report (as detailed as you can make it) for the King (His Majesty, George II), explaining Mr. Swift's proposal. At the end of your report, you should write your views on the scheme's good points (if any) and also on its drawbacks. 
• Next, write a letter (choose the date of a day in 1729) to the Irish Times, giving your views in support of Swift's suggestion, or against it. Write as if you are the mother of a baby, a farm worker, a landlord or any other person who might have an interest in the matter. You may write more than one such letter.
• Finally, writing as yourself now, say what you think of Swift's Proposal. Try to show what you think Swift's real views are about how to relieve poverty (look at the section in italics near the end of the pamphlet). Try to comment on his irony (irony is found where what an author seems to say is different from what he or she really thinks, and the reader or audience is expected to pick this up). Say whether Swift's writing has any relevance to the modern world.