Purpose

Jonathon Swift's purpose in writing a modest proposal was: >
 * The poor were making Irish society weaker.
 * He was trying to make people aware of poverty in Ireland.
 * Swift wanted the common people of Ireland, the Irish government, the wealthy (Irish and British), the British government, and the world to do something about the problem.
 * Propose a ludicrous solution to a problem, poverty, hunger, and overpopulation to get people to produce other more reasonable solutions.
 * To point out that nobody seems to care to try and fix the problem.