A Political Cartoon Analysis

Thomas Nast is known as the "Father of the American Cartoon," having created satirical art during the 19th century that critiqued slavery and crime. In this political cartoon, Thomas Nast as an artist reflects on the differences between the Republican and Democratic parties. The political parties now are different from when the cartoon was published. The Republican Party was the party of the people, mostly supported by the North. The Democratic Party, on the other hand, was the party of the South, of business, and was noted for being supported by former Confederate soldiers and sympathizers.

Political cartoons could be defined as illustrations or cartoon strips that contain a social and/or political message in them. Political cartoons are often based on the current events around when they were written.

On graduation day, do you focus on being happy? Thinking that you are done and forgetting about how much student debt you have? Nate Beeler, the artist of the cartoon “Graduation Selfie” captures how that exciting day truly is. Beeler is an editorial cartoonist for the Columbus Dispatch. His work has appeared in an abundance of news programs and other publications. Beeler has also won many awards for his cartoons, such as the Fischetti award in 2014, and the Thomas Nast award in 2010 (The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists). The cartoon is arguing that debt is suffocating to recent college graduates through multiple rhetorical appeals. On college graduation day you tell yourself, “I’m finally done!” but are you really done?

Herblock's cartoon could be criticised for potential inaccuracies in his political cartoon, Transported. For example, claiming "war, poverty, and prejudice" are happening, but to what extent could it be true for the whole earth? Herblock uses logos in presenting commonly known facts, but this probably wouldn't stand up to more in depth analysis. Furthermore, although there was an element of entertainment to the actual moon landings, the men who performed these tasks faced extreme danger, from the moment they took off to the time they landed back at home. However, with his use of pathos, it is very hard to deny the truth of the cartoon. The cartoon has very strong pathos that get the message across to the reader. Earth focusing all of its attention

Originating in the 19th century, political cartoons are created and drawn as a means to deliver a message. Whether it be about politics, events or social concerns, the artist is able to express themselves creatively. The cartoons are not only meant to express the view of the creator, but are also open to interpretation. Most political cartoons have a biased point of view and uses rhetoric to persuade its audience.

The early 19th century in America saw the rise of industry and a booming economy, however, with industry came businessmen who saw an opportunity for power and profit. Even with help from the government, it would be a long time before the American people saw an improvement in the condition of the laborers and the regulation of corporations. Fast forward to the 21st century; two hundred years have passed and people are still struggling at the hands of a corporation-run economy. Throughout history, American laborers have been at the mercy of an industry controlled by a small few that did not have the best interest of the people in mind.

Germany, U.K., Russia and Japan already have their knives or hand on the pie, France has his eyes on it as well.

In the first source, The picture depicts the same boy before and after his enrolment in one of the many residential schools in Canada. Right off the bat, we can see the drastic change in appearance. Although not noticeable The boy’s personality, knowledge and culture have also probably changed. At the time residential schools were made mandatory for kids, with the motivation of assimilating the natives and hopes of “killing the Indian within them.” These schools were constructed because the Indian Act (Act government used to encourage assimilation) made federal government responsible for education. Children were taken away from their families, sometimes by force striping them from their identity forever. Digging deeper we can infer that the cause of residential schools stems back to the cultural contact between the two nations. The clashing social values of the two cultures is what created the foundation of residential schools.

The house of representatives makes and passes federal laws. They are one of two chambers that creates the U.S legislative branch. The house may even be referred to as “the people house” because it’s representative’s are viewed and based upon the population or amount of people in each state. In this political cartoon, there are two sides one side is labeled “the people's house” which is the outside view of the Capitol building, while the other side shows citizens inside the Capitol building scared. The Capitol building holds meeting's and debates with the electives, however, the scared citizens show a negative connotation because they are not providing respect to the building and what's surrounding them. The ironic part of this cartoon is

The political cartoon shown here is strongly satirizing against the control of children’s education in Texas by the Board of Education. Through the Board’s selection of what is included in children’s learning material, Texas kids in schools become biased towards certain political views. The textbooks here all contain extreme conservative attitudes, such as disbelief in climate change with the title, “BRRRRR! Our chilly planet”, and emphasis on anglo-american christianity “saving the day” for a free-market capitalist economy. Ironically, the book “Numbers Lie (Just like liberals!)” is paired with a false math equation on the bottom left of the cartoon, as 2+2 does not equal 5. However, this is significant in the sense that textbooks which are

This Dr. Seuss original was published by PM Magazine and was printed on July 30, 1942 in midst of World War Two. The cartoon is named The Guy Who Makes a Mock of Democracy as it showcases the United States mindset on racist prejudice which was a common theme at the time. Dr. Seuss used his cartoon as a way of persuasion and a way to show his stance on what was going on during 1942. There was a lot of racial prejudice going on towards Japanese Americans because of the Pearl Harbor attack that had happened in the pervious year. The picture cartoon shows the man standing on a cellar with people trying to climb out. This illustrates the amount of cruelty that Americans were displaying towards Japanese Americans because of the event that had taken place back in December of 1941. The pledge may say “With liberty and justice for all”, but in reality it was putting exclusions

In this image by Mr. Adam Zyglis published on December 21, 2012 at eaglecartoons.com it showed a character named Ralphie from a classic movie “Christmas Story.” The author is using this image of Ralphie from the cartoon to show his audience that even though we teach our generation about the risk of lethal weapons. Some individuals will not follow the rules or laws and may hurt themselves or others around them. Likewise, it relates the same way for the USA, as Americans buy more guns, more violence and mass shootings will occur. Mr. Zyglis clearly uses strategies of Logos, Pathos, Ethos, and Kairos to convince his American audience of ever growing gun culture we live

Going to college and getting a four year degree earns individuals more money. Those people make 98% more an hour than those without degrees. (Leonhardt 1) Over the course of a lifetime, a person with a bachelor's degree will make 1.1 million dollars opposed to average of 393,000 over a lifetime of someone without a bachelor's degree. (Hamm 4) The more money one makes, the more opportunities one is offered. Traveling the world, materialistic items, living location, providing for family, are all examples of opportunities requiring: money. College let’s one attain these opportunities by giving degrees that will earn people higher paying jobs. A very big issue that people have with attending a four year college is the cost of college tuition. College is very expensive. Even after paying a large sum of money, the average amount of student loans is 30,000 dollars. (Bonder 1) The cost to get a bachelor's degree is 127,000 dollars. (Hamm 1) Even if

Two political cartoons, “School Begins” by Puck and “Uncle Sam’s Thanksgiving Dinner” by G.F Keller, both published in the late nineteenth century, avail of distinct examples in order to reveal America's attempt to civilize immigrants and non-white groups as a means of granting them social acceptance throughout the nineteenth century. “School Begins” exhibits Uncle Sam, a popular U.S. cartoon figure throughout history, as the dominant white American male in the center. In the cartoon, the class is made up of well-disciplined students studying books labeled with their state’s name, juxtaposed with the disorderly class seated in the front made up of the “Philippines, Hawaii, Porto Rico, and Cuba.” The territories are depicted as uncivilized, serving the racist and denigrating image that justified the right to govern the new territories gained after the Spanish-American War of 1898. In “Uncle Sam’s Thanksgiving Dinner”, immigrants and Americans of different backgrounds sit around a table, prepared for the feast . The groups represented at the dinner reveal unruly characteristics and stereotypical representations of each group’s food to highlight their conflicting differences in American society. By looking at how the artists utilize the exaggeration of non-white and immigrant groups, we can see the dominant civilizing narrative the U.S. secured through imperialism and assimilation, and this is salient because it exhibits a racist hierarchy that justified Western civilization

In the years spanning the Cold War, government types affected their societies by instilling new foreign policies, influenced the opposing population’s outlook towards communism and democracy through propaganda, and encouraged the establishment of new industries and trade agreements to support the war effort.