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Why am I writing on this thing instead of writing my English paper? Hmmmm... a good question that I’m pretty sure I can answer all too easily. I can't think... Well properly at least. Right now I should be writing all about Jonathan Swift and his wonderful Satire; The one where he sarcastically suggests that we turn to cannibals, all in one last cry to shake his country from the apathy that has fallen so deeply upon them. This is an apathy that has shaken the country so violently that the women can be seen just about anywhere you look selling their bodies, and begging for money or food, or anything that will feed them and their children.
      Like I said though, there is good reason for me to be writing on xanga as opposed to writing about these other things. The truth though is that when I begin to write, the thing that has consumed my thoughts since I began researching this topic will not leave my mind. Therefore I am trapped writing about the very thing that I am so frustrated about, the very thing that I can't seem to actually start to write about. Now if I simply needed to write my thoughts on this piece of work it would not be difficult because I have seen parallels between Swifts writing and our country today. I would imagine that if swift were in my shoes he would be delighted to write a simple five to eight page paper, and i also imagine that in doing this he would not be writing it just for the grade. Swift seems like a man that wrote to get someone’s attention. He always wrote for meaning, this "A Modest Proposal" was no different. Not only was this written out of his own desperation, but also because he could see that his country was in hopeless need of a change.

            I’ll be honest I am not one of those people who likes to share their feelings unless I feel that it is absolutely necessary. Is this a moment when it is absolutely necessary? Well, I don’t know, but for some reason I do feel like writing. It may be because I should be writing something else ( my paper) right now. I think it also may be because I am need of sharing my feelings though. As weird as that may sound, my fingers continue to move, and my mind remains focused on Jonathan Swift and his reasoning behind writing the things that he did.

            What is it to be a man that causes change as opposed to a man that just causes you to think? Perhaps Jonathan Swift should have been more active in trying to achieve this change. I do realize that media can be a very important and effective tool in showing someone their weaknesses, but what better way to get down in the trenches and show them how to do it the right way? I’m not sure, but I think it is safe to say that the reason beyond reason that it took so long for Ireland to change, is because there was a lack of men wanting to show others the right way to do things. This is a similar problem that our Country shares. A lack of male leadership has so thoroughly infiltrated our schools, churches and families that instead of standing up for what we believe in we have people sitting back and telling us how to get it done.

            Perhaps this is yet another reason that I feel so inept in writing this paper. I feel no need to be heavily involved in literature. That would be where I am wrong though. There is so much to be learned from history. Anyway… I think I am done writing here. Its time for me to go at it again.  Pray for me if you think about it. I am sure if you are reading this that I will almost assuredly still be writing the same paper, and thinking the same things. Yet another random late night post. I might add that it is my first and possibly only serious one. Goodnight

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