A Modest Proposal

The problem described in this essay is that of overpopulation and poverty. The Mr. Smith initially proposes that the rich people can have trade with the poor by making a yearling child into a delacasy. Then later in the essay he basically says, "Are you nuts? Don't eat the children. Treat your wife well. Help the poor become useful members of society. Would you have liked to have beet sold as a meal when you were one?" I think that it was effective how Smith completely described his obserd solution for a very real problem just to make people aware of how they were itemizing people every day.