What is the author’s purpose in writing "A Modest Proposal"?

Jonathan Swift uses the shocking proposal to sell poor Irish children as food to expose the severe poverty and mistreatment of the Irish poor. The proposal is deliberately outrageous, so it is not a genuine plan to solve poverty or a claim that an extreme solution is necessary. Its purpose is to draw attention to a social issue plaguing his country, making B the best answer.

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