Paragraph 4 states that when a baby is born it can live on breast milk for a year at the cost of approximately 2 shillings and the mother could live on scraps and begging for food. At this time the baby would stop being a burden and help to feed and partly cloth many people. Paragraph 6 states that Ireland has about 1,500,000 people and of these people approximately 200,000 breeder - (women) and subtract - 30,000 who can support their children which leaves 170,000 breeders (women). Of these 170,000 subtract 50,000 because of the miscarriages and children that die by accident, leaving 120,000. There is no way that Ireland can employ or support that many poor children so he suggests that at one year old the children could be sold for food for 10 shillings per child and even the poor could make money on their children. Paragraph 7 - He states that once a child gets older such as 12 years old that they are no longer worth anymore than 3 to 3 1/2 pounds per child which will not work as they have already cost the family and their country at least four times that amount. I hope I picked out the correct paragraphs - there was a lot of smaller paragraphs and I am hoping that I was accurate in my assessment.
In Paragraph 4 Swift states that once a child is born it can survive off of its mother's breast milk for a year for the cost of only 2 shillings. On the other hand the mother can live of of begging and scraps for food which implies that the baby is at no cost to the economy. In Paragraph 6 Swift lays out some statistical points and says that of the million and a half people, he approximates that 200,000 of them are breeders. He then subtracts 30,000 from that number because he feels that 30,000 of the breeders are capable of raising and maintaining their offspring. The remains come out to 170,000 breeders. He then subtracts 50,000 from those remains because those babies will not survive due to miscarriages, disease, or accidental deaths. The number comes down to 120,000 breeders who are not capable of providing for their children. The number is out of control to Swift and he thinks that there is no way that Ireland can support or employ that many children so he proposes the idea that once the child is one (after living off of natural breast milk) the baby will be sold as food for 10 shillings per child. In Paragraph 7 he continues with his proposal that once the child turns 12 they aren't worthy.
4.once a child is born they can live up to a year on the breast milk at 2 shillings that the mother uses to feed herself 6. Thepopulation of Ireland is 1.5 million souls, 200,000 are "breeders." out of the breeders 30,000 can sustain their family, 50,000of these babies will not survive. 200,000-30,000-50,000 leaves 120,000, which he feels that they would not be able to support as a nationthrough employment. 7. once the child turns 12 years old they are to big for eating and the family and community has put in more money thatn they would get back from their sale so they arn't worth selling at this point.
Paragraph 4 states that when a baby is born it can live on breast milk for a year at the cost of approximately 2 shillings and the mother could live on scraps and begging for food. At this time the baby would stop being a burden and help to feed and partly cloth many people.
ReplyDeleteParagraph 6 states that Ireland has about 1,500,000 people and of these people approximately 200,000 breeder - (women) and subtract - 30,000 who can support their children which leaves 170,000 breeders (women). Of these 170,000 subtract 50,000 because of the miscarriages and children that die by accident, leaving 120,000. There is no way that Ireland can employ or support that many poor children so he suggests that at one year old the children could be sold for food for 10 shillings per child and even the poor could make money on their children.
Paragraph 7 - He states that once a child gets older such as 12 years old that they are no longer worth anymore than 3 to 3 1/2 pounds per child which will not work as they have already cost the family and their country at least four times that amount.
I hope I picked out the correct paragraphs - there was a lot of smaller paragraphs and I am hoping that I was accurate in my assessment.
For you rhetoricians, this paragraph is all about using LOGOS.
ReplyDeleteIn Paragraph 4 Swift states that once a child is born it can survive off of its mother's breast milk for a year for the cost of only 2 shillings. On the other hand the mother can live of of begging and scraps for food which implies that the baby is at no cost to the economy. In Paragraph 6 Swift lays out some statistical points and says that of the million and a half people, he approximates that 200,000 of them are breeders. He then subtracts 30,000 from that number because he feels that 30,000 of the breeders are capable of raising and maintaining their offspring. The remains come out to 170,000 breeders. He then subtracts 50,000 from those remains because those babies will not survive due to miscarriages, disease, or accidental deaths. The number comes down to 120,000 breeders who are not capable of providing for their children. The number is out of control to Swift and he thinks that there is no way that Ireland can support or employ that many children so he proposes the idea that once the child is one (after living off of natural breast milk) the baby will be sold as food for 10 shillings per child. In Paragraph 7 he continues with his proposal that once the child turns 12 they aren't worthy.
ReplyDelete4.once a child is born they can live up to a year on the breast milk at 2 shillings that the mother uses to feed herself
ReplyDelete6. Thepopulation of Ireland is 1.5 million souls, 200,000 are "breeders." out of the breeders 30,000 can sustain their family, 50,000of these babies will not survive. 200,000-30,000-50,000 leaves 120,000, which he feels that they would not be able to support as a nationthrough employment.
7. once the child turns 12 years old they are to big for eating and the family and community has put in more money thatn they would get back from their sale so they arn't worth selling at this point.