A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People From Being a Burden on Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729.

George Wittkowsky argued that Swift ’ s main target in A Modest Proposal was not the conditions in Ireland, but rather the can-do spirit of the times that led people to devise a number of illogical schemes that would purportedly solve social and economic ills.

In response, Swift ’ s Modest Proposal was " a burlesque of projects concerning the poor ", that were in vogue during the early 18th century.

A Modest Proposal also targets the calculating way people perceived the poor in designing their projects.

James Johnson argued that A Modest Proposal was largely influenced and inspired by Tertullian ’ s Apology: a satirical attack against early Roman persecution of Christianity.

Johnson notes Swift ’ s obvious affinity for Tertullian and the bold stylistic and structural similarities between the works A Modest Proposal and Apology.

It has also been argued that A Modest Proposal was, at least in part, a response to the 1728 essay The Generous Projector or, A Friendly Proposal to Prevent Murder and Other Enormous Abuses, By Erecting an Hospital for Foundlings and Bastard Children by Swift's rival Daniel Defoe.

The Reader in A Modest Proposal " focuses on two aspects of A Modest Proposal: the voice of Swift and the voice of the Proposer.

While Swift ’ s proposal is obviously not a serious economic proposal, George Wittkowsky, author of " Swift ’ s Modest Proposal: The Biography of an Early Georgian Pamphlet ", argues that to understand the piece fully, it is important to understand the economics of Swift ’ s time.

" f one regards the Modest Proposal simply as a criticism of condition, about all one can say is that conditions were bad and that Swift's irony brilliantly underscored this fact ".

Louis A. Landa presents Swift ’ s A Modest Proposal as a critique of the popular and unjustified maxim of mercantilism in the 18th century that " people are the riches of a nation ".

A Modest Proposal is included in many literature programs as an example of early modern western satire.

Outside of the realm of English studies, A Modest Proposal is a relevant piece included in many comparative and global literature and history courses, as well as those of numerous other disciplines in the arts, humanities, and even the social sciences.

In his book A Modest Proposal ( 1984 ), evangelical author Frank Schaeffer emulated Swift's work in social conservative polemic against abortion and euthanasia in a future dystopia that advocated recycling of aborted embryos and fetuses, as well as some disabled infants with compound intellectual, physical and physiological difficulties.

The game Orphan Feast on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim website is loosely based on A Modest Proposal.

The Sealab 2021 character Jodene Sparks references A Modest Proposal when trying to convince Debbie DuPree to eat her own baby.

A Modest Proposal is the name of The University of Texas at Dallas ' Alternative Student Newspaper, the monthly opinion paper of the University ; it was also the name of a regular column in SWIFT Magazine of Harvard University, a satire publication that also takes its name from Jonathan Swift.

Benjamin Franklin in his 1729 essay entitled " A Modest Enquiry into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper Currency " is sometimes credited ( including by Karl Marx ) with originating the concept in its modern form.

While appearing only as featured solo instruments in some works, for example Maurice Ravel's orchestration of Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and Sergei Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances, the saxophone is included in other works, such as Ravel's Boléro, Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet Suites 1 and 2, Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 6 and Symphony No. 9 and William Walton's Belshazzar's Feast, and many other works as a member of the orchestral ensemble.

Boris Godunov (, original orthography Борисъ Годуновъ, Borís Godunóv ) is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky ( 1839 – 1881 ).

Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition is best known through its orchestration by Ravel.

The Houyhnhnms embody both the good and the bad side of reason, for they have the pure language Swift wished for and the immorally rational approach to solving the problems of humanity ( Yahoos ); the extirpation of the Yahoo population by the horses is very like the speaker of A Modest Proposal.

One representative of this family is the great composer Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky.

* October 19-Maurice Ravel orchestral arrangement of Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition is premiered in Paris

: This article is about Johnny Marr, guitarist of The Smiths, The Cribs, and Modest Mouse, whose birth name was John Maher.

McCarron is credited on such numbers as " Fido Is a Hot Dog Now ", and " Eve Wasn't Modest ' till She Ate that Apple ".

Pictures at an Exhibition (, Kartinki s vystavki – Vospominaniye o Viktore Gartmane, " Pictures from an Exhibition – A Remembrance of Viktor Hartmann ") is a suite in ten movements composed for piano by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in 1874.

* Modest Mussorgsky begins work on Boris Godunov, which is completed six years later.

* Modest Mussorgsky begins work on an opera, Salammbô, which is never finished.

Modest Mouse is an American indie rock band who were formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, by singer / lyricist / guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy.

While an update on the Modest Mouse blog was subtitled catching up on some words for the next tour, it is in fact the lyrics to Heart Cooks Brain.

According to e-mails sent from Glacial Pace which responded to fans confused about the large gaps between albums, Modest Mouse is indeed currently writing and recording material and have been for quite some time.

After moving to Up Records, Modest Mouse released two full-length albums and other recordings recorded at Moon Studios, including the 1996 LP This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About.

* " Might ", a song by Modest Mouse from their 1996 album This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre writer / creator Kim Henkel cited " A Modest Proposal " as an influence in scripting his 2011 horror film " Boneboys ," directed by Duane Graves and Justin Meeks.

After building the first large pinscreen, Alexeieff and Parker began work on the first pinscreen film in 1931, Night on Bald Mountain, an adaptation of the piece by Modest Mussorgsky, his favorite Russian composer.

Walt Disney used Schubert's song in the final part of his 1940 film Fantasia, where he linked it to Modest Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain in one of his most famous pastiches.

Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist, which contains hundreds of private letters written by Thompson over the years, contains a letter in which he uses A Modest Proposals satire technique against the Vietnam War.

Controversial American political activist and disbarred attorney Jack Thompson's A Modest Video Game Proposal draws its title from A Modest Proposal.

On the December 13, 2010 episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen reads a passage of A Modest Proposal in support of Ted Turner's suggestions on reducing overpopulation by having poor people sell ( to rich people ) their right to bear a single child per family.

Once the proposal is accepted by both the creditors and the Court, the debtor makes the payments to the Proposal Administrator each month ( or as otherwise stipulated in their proposal ), and the general creditors are prevented from taking any further legal or collection action.

An Administrator is required in the Consumer Proposal, and a Trustee in the Division I Proposal ( these are virtually the same although the terms are not interchangeable ).

A Proposal Administrator is almost always a licensed trustee in bankruptcy, although the Superintendent of Bankruptcy may appoint other people to serve as administrators.

This is a collection of fifteen selected non-fiction entries that had been published in Analog magazine over the years ; it includes five articles authored or co-authored by Zubrin, including " The Hypersonic Skyhook ", " Mars Direct: A Proposal for the Rapid Exploration and Colonization of the Red Planet " ( co-authored with David A. Baker ), " Colonizing the Outer Solar System ", " Terraforming Mars " ( co-authored with Christopher McKay ), and " The Magnetic Sail ".

* RFC 1142-IS-IS protocol specification ( IETF )-Note: this is a copy of DP 10589 ( Draft Proposal ) and differs in many significant details from the final version of ISO / IEC 10589

A wedge-tailed eagle is used as the eagle in Alaska that snatches Sandra Bullock's phone in the 2009 romantic comedy " The Proposal ".

In this respect, Proposal 2 is similar to California's Proposition 209 and Washington's Initiative 200, other initiatives that also banned the use of race in public university admissions decisions.

The Network ’ s stated mission is " preserving and expanding private property rights in Michigan by elevating public awareness of these rights and how to protect them ; encouraging policymakers to respect property rights when crafting laws and regulations ; and identifying, organizing and supporting concerned property owners, thereby establishing an effective statewide property-rights coalition .” In 2006 initiative scholars “ educated legislators who drafted the Proposal 4 ballot measure that prevents Kelo-type takings in Michigan .” The network has held citizen meetings around the state raising consciousness regarding both physical taking of private property via the government ’ s power of eminent domain and by regulatory taking.

Connolly is also an actor, and has appeared in such films as Indecent Proposal ( 1993 ); Muppet Treasure Island ( 1996 ); Mrs. Brown ( 1997 ), for which he was nominated for a BAFTA ; The Boondock Saints ( 1999 ); The Man Who Sued God ( 2001 ); Water ( 1985 ); The Last Samurai ( 2003 ); Timeline ( 2003 ); Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events ( 2004 ); Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties ( 2006 ); Open Season ( 2006 ); The X-Files: I Want to Believe ( 2008 ); and Open Season 2 ( 2008 ).

An alternative to personal bankruptcy ( in Canada ) is a Consumer Proposal.

With that accomplished, Sen. Shelby has decided to release his holds on all but a few nominees directly related to the Air Force tanker acquisition until the new Request for Proposal is issued.

The revenue model and business plan of HL7 is discussed in HL7 Strategic Initiatives and Implementation Proposal.

This conflict is revealed in The Proposal.