Satire 上海文通大掌 Swift turned to satire after serious proposals failed to effect any changes in the Irish economic situation. "Satire is a sort of glass,wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own,which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets in the world,and that so very few are offended within it.” ------Jonathan SwiftSatire • Swift turned to satire after serious proposals failed to effect any changes in the Irish economic situation. • “Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own, which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets in the world, and that so very few are offended within it.” ------Jonathan Swift