This is one of my favorite works of Swift. I'm not really sure why, but it is. No matter how many times I read it, it never once surprises me that the people of power and upper class looked past his actual proposal and only perceived his, rather morbid, joke (if you can call it such). Was there ever evidence of anyone actually agreeing with/liking his real proposal? Or were they all completely captivted by his dark attention catcher?