Who is swift ridiculing using satire in "a modest proposal"?

children who were born into poverty and were not properly fed
the english government, which seemed to care little about the irish people
individuals who were underprivileged and had difficulty finding employment
english government officials, who believed selling children to eat was a good idea

The answer is: the English government, which seemed to care little about the Irish people.

Jonathan Swift, perhaps the greatest satirist of all time, wrote A modest proposal in order to critique prejudices in his time that viewed poverty through classist and unjust arguments, but also to critique British social and economic policies towards the people of Ireland in general, who, at that time, were highly mistreated and politically misrepresented.

it's either a or b. i'm leaning more towards a.

the excerpt from chapter 2 of "animal farm", by george orwell that is an example of foreshadowing is "these three (snowball, napoleon, and squealer) had elaborated old major's teachings into a complete system of thought to which they gave the name of animalism." animal farm is an allegory of how czarist russia developed into communist russia with all its corruption. old major's teachings represent marx's theories turned into communism, animalism, by the three pigs. this foreshadows the oppression and corruption that will follow this revolt.