Although, that’s most certainly not the essay’s fault. Pretty much every piece of writing from the colonial era is difficult to read. The illiteracy rate makes so much sense now. Seriously though, do not expect to read this first time and understand everything. Language is amorphous, and adapts to its times. Even with a textbook that had footnotes, I missed the first sentence where Mr. Swift unveiled his plan. I also suspect that everyone else in my class missed it and a couple more sentences afterwards, because I looked up and no one else was losing their head about the
Although, that’s most certainly not the essay’s fault. Pretty much every piece of writing from the colonial era is difficult to read. The illiteracy rate makes so much sense now. Seriously though, do not expect to read this first time and understand everything. Language is amorphous, and adapts to its times. Even with a textbook that had footnotes, I missed the first sentence where Mr. Swift unveiled his plan. I also suspect that everyone else in my class missed it and a couple more sentences afterwards, because I looked up and no one else was losing their head about the