Comparing Candide And Swift's The Rape Of The Lock

The 18th Century Author Comparison
This time period was known to be a time of conservative values and an age of reason, however clearly all did not engage in these values. Thus giving is writers who were extreme and outrageous like Swift, Pope, and Voltaire. Swifts story of “a modest proposal” has a subject regarding the burden of the poor, and how to make them beneficial to the public with the outrageous idea of eating children. This was a time when money was in short supply, and times were rough. He pretends to be objective and sensitive about the people’s needs, hiding his true agenda. He rationalizes his proposal to make it seem less barbaric. He claims it will help the poor by making them a little money so they will have something valuable of their own. The irony of this story to me is that Swift was poor as a child and has no empathy for children in the situation he was once in. Although its hard to believe Swifts goal in writing was to improve human conduct, and for people to be more humane which is another irony in regard to his story “a modest proposal”.
Alexander Pope’s “The Rape of the Lock” is a poem that uses exaggeration and humor to capture its reader. This poem is based on a real incident. Which caused a quarrel between two families that ultimately turned a feud

He liked to write how people lived. In the story “Candide” he gives a lot of details about his characters, which makes it easier to visualize them in your mind. This is the story of a young man and all the hardships that he endures. He has been raised that everything happens for the best, which comes into question. This differs from the style of Pope and Swift. The subject is about the cause and effect in his characters life, and how optimism can be foolish in a world of cruel people. In this time period the castle and the army were both important social institutions and had a large presence in this