The arguments are also supported with further anecdotal evidences from people regarding other countries. Overall, there is a logical argument and many of the elements required for a persuasive argument are present; there is an outlining of the problem, with the appearance of sufficient detail to support the final proposed solution (Diehl, 2012)
The surprise is not revealed at the end, but part the way through the work, where the suggestion of cannibalism is made. Swift suggests that a solution which will help alleviate poverty and the strain placed on families to feed growing children and to create a scenario in which poor children can become economically beneficial (Swift, 1729)
One of the first premises of Orwell's essay is that language and thought are connected. He writes that an "effect can become a cause, reinforcing the original cause and producing the same effect in an intensified form, and so on indefinitely" (Orwell 317)
The poor are not just people - they are a serious problem from which the country be ridded. They are "beggars of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags, and importuning every passenger for an alms" (Swift Modest Proposal 518)