he even describes that once a boy reaches the age of twelve,the meat becomes tough and lean due to the boy's constant exercise.he also describes how many meals one infant could last for. By going into great detail about the actual eating of children, swift establishes the idea that ireland may start eating children in order to boost the economy. The second situation that swift creates where moral order is confused is when he states that the marriage rate would increase as people would breed for the sole purpose of supplying the nation ith food. He also proposes that mothers would take better care of their children since they will want them to be as healthy as possible when they are slaughtered.