What is one of the reasons that swift gives for his proposal?

a) harvesting poor infants will reduce the number of papists in the country.
b) chefs in ireland are already serving infant meat in the finest restaurants.
c) irish infants' father's are already selling them as servants to the rich.
d) there is a famine in the land, and children are plentiful.

Which statement best explains how the setting affects the meaning of the story? a. the water and wave motif conveys the queasy feeling the narrator has when walking alone at night. b. the firefly light conveys a feeling of nostalgia for long summer evenings spent with family. c. the phrase whispering and murmurs" suggests that the main character has fits of madness. d. the comparison of the street to a graveyard suggests that something is terribly wrong with society.