Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.
A Modest Proposal is a satire written by Swift and it is generally taken as a perfect model of satire. Gulliver's Travels is Swift s masterpiece. Based on them, discuss why Swift is a master satirist.
Swift has the talent of being a prose satirist. In his life, he wrote many satires. They are A Tale of a Tub. The Battle o f the Books，The Drapiers letters，Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal. The first two books are on corruption in religion and learning and they established his name as a satirist. Gulliver's Travels is one of the most effective and devastating criticisms and satires of all aspects in the then English and European life—socially, politically, religiously, philosophically, scientifically, and morally. Its social significance is great and its exploration into human nature profound. Swift's satire is usually masked by an outward gravity and an apparent earnestness which renders his satire all the more powerful. In A Modest Proposal, by suggesting that poor Irish parents sell their one-year-old babies to the rich English lords and ladies as food, Swift is making the most devastating protest against the inhuman exploitation and oppression of the Irish people by the English ruling class. The apparent eagerness, sincerity and detachment of the author adds force to the bitter irony and biting sarcasm. So he is a master of satire.（P107）
