Answer:
d. He states that sending children to the butcher would be as simple as "roasting pigs."
Explanation:
Jonathan Swift was an English writer, critic and poet who had also greatly written about the political issues of his society and time. The essay "A Modest Proposal" was anonymously published by him as a form of critiquing the impoverished nature of the Irish people and their economic troubles.
The excerpt from the essay shows Swift suggesting sarcastically that poor families should produce children and then sell them as meat for the rich. He implies that this will not only give an endless supply of food (meat) for the rich to entertain their guests but also provide a steady source of income for the poor people too. This will enable the balance in the economic situation of the Irish people.
An understatement is the presentation of something that is serious in a far less serious manner. This makes the issue seem less serious or less important. Swift uses an understatement when he stated that sending children to the butcher would be as simple as "roasting pigs". Sending children to be killed and eaten as meat is a serious and horrifying thing to do, but he compares it to a simple act of "roasting pigs", thus making it an understatement.
Answer:
1. allows the narrator to exaggerate
Explanation:
Authorial reticence is lack of clear conclusion or opinions about an event. It allows the narrator to exaggerate and escape the judgement. The readers does not prefer authorial reticence as there is absence of clear judgement. There author can include fantasies and magics which will end up readers concluding things their own way. It leaves readers in the state of uncertainty and clear conclusion is not given right way.
James Joyce was known to use scrupulous meanness as his prose style often in his novels and short stories. This means that he doesn't have to use a lot of words to convey his message which is always true and real. Having this in mind, the correct answer is Eveline, because that is a short story written by Joyce and found in his "Dubliners."
