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27 February, 21:59

Consider the following passage:

I do therefore humbly offer it to public consideration that of the hundred and twenty thousand children already computed, twenty thousand may be reserved for breed, whereof only one-fourth part to be males; which is more than we allow to sheep, black cattle or swine.

Why might Swift have included this passage?

A. To criticize a certain way of thinking about the poor

B. To show that the narrator thinks of the children of the poor as a kind of livestock

C. To show the reader that the narrator is not a decent person

D. All of the above

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  1. 27 February, 22:07
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    The answer is A To criticize a certain way of thinking about the poor
  2. 27 February, 22:21
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    Not for sure exactly but i want to say A that seems right
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