Analysis of Tony Auth's Cartoon 'The Birds'

This political cartoon was created by Jim Morin. This cartoon was created to show the shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. The shooting took place in July 2012. Jim’s political cartoon was created to mock the government when it came to the NRA. It shows that the government is under the authority when it comes to shootings with the NRA.

Benjamin Franklin created the first known American political cartoon, “Join or Die”. It was originally published in the Pennsylvania Gazette, a newspaper owned and ran by Franklin. The cartoon is a snake divided into eight sections representing the original colonies, below that is a caption, “Join or Die.” Ben Franklin was trying to relay his standpoint on the uniting of the colonies;

Political cartoons are an illustrative technique that political cartoonist use to display a message to the viewers about government, world affairs, and politics. In 1754, publishers of the Pennsylvania Gazette published the first political cartoon illustrated by Benjamin Franklin (West, par. 1). Benjamin Franklin used his first political cartoon, titled Join or Die, to gain support from the colonies for the Crown’s war against the French (West, par. 1). Since the 1700s, illustrators use political cartoons as a medium to display political messages to its viewers (West, par. 1). On March 10, 2015, publishers of the Columbia Daily Tribune published a political cartoon, illustrated by John Darkow, titled Hillary Has A Primary Opponent (Darkow,

“The Bosses of the Senate” Political cartoons have been used for centuries to display the various perspectives and views on major events or topics of discussion in the society. In various earlier eras of our history, political cartoons were aimed towards the general public to bring much-needed attention to various situations and proceedings. Cartoons could be viewed by anyone and everyone despite literacy, therefore they quickly gained popularity. “The Bosses of the Senate” was one of such political cartoons that depicted the direct relation between monopolies and the Senate during the Gilded Age to the general public. The Gilded Age was a time of modern industrialization, with national transportation, communication, and other innovative benefits

By using a hurricane to describe the immigration politics hitting the Whitehouse, the author uses both pathos and logos to further his belief that chaos will ensue when the congress must come together to please the president, the supporters of DACA, and the immigrants. However, ethos is where the author lacks rhetorical persuasion as this cartoon is mainly driven by pathos and

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 first shown above presents a military general painting on a fence writing “Truth About Vietnam”. What this political cartoon is trying to tell the reader is that the during the Vietnam War, the U.S. Government had tried to cover up the real reason of them interfering in the war. As the picture shows, the military general is covering up the truth behind the Vietnam. The second cartoon shows an American soldier, slipping over trucks and a wagon saying “General’s Coup” and “Government Upsets”. This meaning that coming from an American soldier's POV, this is causing military disruption and hurting the U.S. Army. These political cartoons were effective in their own way because they set off a negative tone on the U.S. entering

This political cartoon ties into my theme since it shows how the man is stressing over the news and thoughts and how he must relieve himself from it all. Not only that, but it also ties into the passage Why I Went to the Woods by Henry David Thoreau. This can be proven as it is seen in the passage when the author says that the character would mine and burrow their way through the hills in front of them. With this being a metaphor, the author uses figurative language as he explains how the character in the passage is trying to get away from all of their bad thoughts, trying to leave all of his stress behind but the stress just continues to pile up, just like a hill. This also ties in with my Theme and my political cartoon since they all show

This cartoon was made by the British during the time of the Stamp Act and the Boston Tea Party. Even though it has it's literal meanings, there are also hidden meanings within this cartoon. The man covered in feathers is a great example of inferiority created by the Bostonians in the cartoon, this would also be the focus point of the whole cartoon. In the background you can see a few men pouring tea into the ocean. Finally, the noose hanging from the tree and the poster that says "Stamp Act" means that the Americans were trying to get rid of the stamp act.

This political cartoon refers tot he Boston massacre. The building int he back is the state house. The right side of the political cartoon shows Boston soldiers in uniform holding rifles with bayonets that re firing at the crowd. One of the men is a commander who is hiding a sword and giving the orders. The soldiers and the commander all have determined and fierce looks on their faces.

Thomas Nast, 1840-1902, was a political cartoonist who is known by some historians as “the father of modern political American political cartooning” (Simpson, ANBO). This is due in part because Nast was the person who created the donkey symbol to represent the Democratic Party and elephant symbol to represent the Republican Party. Another reason why Nast earned this title and therefore should be studied is that he changed the way cartoonists delivered their context. Before the Civil War cartoonist relied on dialogue rather than images to get the message across, however; Nast used the picture to convey the message of his cartoons (Simpson, ANBO). Since his cartoons did not need words to convey the message he was able to reach the illiterate

This political cartoon was inspired by the controversial topic on gun control and how we need stricter laws on it. In the cartoon there is a man, whom, looks southern. It's ironic because they have a sign that says "We don't sell dangerous items" with a nail clipper and a pocket knife, yet in they are selling guns. There is some exaggeration because there is a little sign that says "We ID You have to be 18 to kill". There could be potential bias as this is a pro gun control cartoon. This can be helpful evidence to support my argument as well the opposing one since there is many key features being

This first political cartoon is from the Evening Standard Newspaper on September the 20th 1939 by the British Cartoonist David Low. The target audience

A satirical device most cartoonist use is captioning which this cartoon contains. Two normal parents are watching the news on the TV and they’re aware of a school massacre. The father begins to judge“ GUNS CAUSE ALL OF THIS TROUBLE!”. This caption has been written using all uppercase letter which represent the frustration of the father’s voice and attitude

Today I will be analysing my chosen cartoon by Adam Zygus. This cartoon details the problem that society has with Donald Trump. The problem being that society knows that Donald Trump does not care for his people or his country. This cartoon signifies the social and moral issue that Donald Trump has introduced to America. In this essay the satirical elements will be explored and explained to further discuss the context and tone of this cartoon.