In paragraph 4, Swift uses the phrase “a child just dropped from its dam” and the word “breeders” to refer to the women who bear children. What purpose does this diction serve? ( MEG 102 ) ( JONATHAN SWIFT )

Swift's use of the phrase "a child just dropped from its dam" and the word "breeders" to refer to women who bear children serves to dehumanize and objectify them. By comparing them to animals and using terminology typically associated with livestock, Swift is stripping these women of their humanity and reducing them to mere reproductive vessels. This dehumanization serves to emphasize the extreme callousness of the proposal and the complete lack of regard for human life that it entails.