According to Swift, why do poor women commit infanticide?

They are ashamed of having an illegitimate child.

They are ashamed of having a girl.

The government wants to make them breeders.

They are unable to feed their children.

D). They are unable to feed their children.

Explanation:

Swift's 'The Modest Proposal' is one of the most acknowledged satires that underlines the social issues like poverty in Ireland as a product of the exploitation of wealthy Englishmen.

As per the question, the poor women of Ireland commit infanticide as 'they are unable to feed their children' as the extreme poverty has led the 'children to become a burthen on their parents.' Swift presents the absurd idea of 'selling the children into meat market' to criticize the issue of chronic poverty and the social as well as economic issues of exploitation and immorality. Thus, option D is the correct answer.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

the correct answer would be d.