Analysis Of Political Cartoon

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.

In this cartoon, the artist captures what standardized testing does for students which, according to the cartoon, is absolutely nothing. The cartoonist uses labeling to indicate the he is referring to the expression “ Square peg, Round hole.” This is posted on a sign behind the student so that the audience is drawn to it after looking at the student. This allows the audience to understand the cartoon. Otherwise, the audience might not know that the student is being compared to a round hole. The analogy here is comparing students and standardized testing to a square peg and a round hole. This allows the audience to understand that standardized testing does not work. The exaggeration here is that standardized testing could

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.

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 message I want to get across to my supporters is that in 2036 the economy and life in America will be positive. My look on the delivery was to have a word choice that rhymed so the tone seemed jovial and inviting. I choose to use red, white, and blue because they are eye catching colors and people will associate that the bumper sticker is a campaign bumper sticker. By not capitalizing every letter in the bumper sticker it conveys the message of, I am talking to you, rather than screaming at you. By having a space between Life is Great and Vote for Cate it allows the reader time to transition to a buoyant outlook on the Presidential campaign.

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

During the mid-eighteenth century, the American colonies began struggling with their oppressive mother colony, Great Britain. Many colonizers, however, were divided on whether to fight for freedom or to remain a subjugated colony. As a call to unity for independence, Benjamin Franklin published his famous “Join, or Die” cartoon in his newspaper the Pennsylvania Gazette. Through his depiction of a fractured snake, Benjamin Franklin was calling for the dismantled colonies to unify (join) rather than losing any semblance of independence (die). Benjamin Franklin`s political cartoon was successful in unifying the colonies against the imminent British threat since it served as a call to action for the colonists since it evoked both personal responsibility and fear.

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

The political cartoon depicts a middle-aged parent telling his daughter that he loves her, but he loves fossil fuels more. Published on August 10th of 2017, the cartoon is produced in the wake of an ongoing worldwide debate, regarding the usage of fossil fuels. Intense emotional appeal, pathos, is used to emphasize the devastating problem that is the intensive usage of fossil fuels. Specifically, the author appeals to parental instinct, the instinct to protect your children at all costs. The child portrayed in the cartoon is a metaphor for the entire young generation. Due to the fact that the well-being and security of the child is dependent upon the future economy, the child also acts as a metaphor for the future workforce,. In the cartoon,

Satire and controversy never really exist without each other, every article that is written, every image that is taken and every cartoon which is drawn, somebody with a slightly different interpretation may take an element of offensive. Charlie Hebdo continually exercised their right to freedom of speech and pushed boundaries that no other publication dared to but they did not single out and or target Islam or the Prophet Muhammad, they targeted pretty much anything that was relevant.

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

Rick McKee’s political cartoon is very well thought out in showing that women still don’t earn equal pay even from President Obama. President Obama’s campaign was meant to help women gain more equal rights in the work fields. “In 2014, President Obama signed two executive orders…regarding equal pay for women” this helped fight discrimination in the workplace. (Peart). However, this cartoon describes how President Obama is putting the blame on Republicans although the women working for him are not getting paid equally. The Paycheck Fairness Act was supported by President Obama to help reinforce the Equal Pay Act of 1963 but, did not go through because “Congress rejected the Paycheck Fairness Act of 2014” (Peart). This cartoon also shows different