Joe Haller: Cartoon Analysis

Dangers of Technology Essay Rough Draft Throughout his short story Ray Bradbury uses literary devices to show that Mr.Mead, the main character set in his futuristic story, is the only person left with life as all other people are consumed by technology. The “I Tell You” political cartoon uses rhetorical devices to illustrate that technology is taking over society. Ray Bradbury and the political cartoonist both conscientiously portray that there are perils of technology as it alarmingly controls over people's opinions.

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

Thirdly, is a cartoon called “Patience Monsignor Your Time Will Come.” This cartoon depicts the Clergy and shows the clergy being fat, overfed, and underworked. It demonstrates that the clergy had more wealth in the church than the poor peasants. The people disliked that the church was wealthier than the people and wanted the clergy to be squeezed of all their money. The people of the enlightenment went in and attack the Church, taking as much money as they could. The Catholic's became very offended, but they found themselves to be more afraid of the power that the commoners held. The many different cartoons of this time brought harsh criticism to the Catholic churches. But the depictions of the events helped the people express their feelings

Visual rhetoric is the persuasion through images that appeal to the audience's pathos, logos, and ethos. The magnitude of seriousness about a problem could be depicted through images, such as a polar bear suffering due to global warming affecting their environment. Through these type of images, the reader emotion is stirred and they will understand that action need to be taken to save these polar bears. On the other hand, often times the argument (logos) that is shown may not be as persuasive to some people who can't be persuaded through their emotions (pathos). Therefore rendering the argument and image ineffective, in which case the artist will have to try a different perspective that strike the viewer's value so that they may understand

“As the saying goes, “a picture is worth a thousand words,” then using image cleverly could equal to delivering a lengthy essay.” (Ly-Le, article) Before I explain all the techniques that Greg has used in this picture let me explain why he choose to deliver his message through a picture with a caption. Well the part which I choose there is extracted from the article of a writer called Tuong-Minh Ly-Le. Greg choose the visual rhetoric to share his message with the world simply because it would be simpler to do it this way then to write a 1000-word essay explaining it. Also this way is better because the audience will have different opinions on what message he was trying to send them and can affect the crowd in different ways. So the message that I got from his picture may not be the same message that other members of the audience got and this is why visual rhetoric is such a powerful

Bryant Arnold, an artist for Cartoonaday.com, illustrated how social media, i.e. Twitter and Facebook, has influenced the Egyptian people. In this cartoon, the former President of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, is running away and hiding behind the military from three Egyptians, two men and one women in traditional Egyptian dress, who are holding swords that say Facebook and Twitter. During the Egyptian revolution of 2011, part of the Arab Spring, Egyptians were able to connect and coordinate protests through these social media websites due to their common interest: the distaste of Mubarak and the Egyptian government and its policies. The swords with Facebook and Twitter on them represents how the Egyptians were able to fight

Graphic design is a vast industry in visual communication, using information, typography, isotopes, and diagrams as a way to communicate across to its audiences. Through detailed investigations of design and taking on Robin Kinross (1985), claims that the distinction between design for information and design for persuasion “cannot be a clear one” this work will explore the possibilities of visual rhetoric in graphic design.

As today’s world increasingly turns towards new types of media to create and circulate meaning, the role of rhetoric is no longer confined to its textual or oral basis. Visual rhetoric expands beyond initial impression and contains deeper implications of existing power hierarchies, ideological messages, and cultural significance. As a result, theorists such as Irit Rogoff, Sue Hum, and Janice Radway aim to reevaluate the role of visuals in rhetoric. Irit Rogoff examines this shift in his work, “Studying Visual Culture.” Rogoff argues imagery is rhetorical because, “Images convey information, afford pleasure or displeasure, influence style, determine consumption, and mediate power relations” (15). Considering images elicit these responses by those who view them, it is assumed that culture shapes and is shaped by vision.

For most people who would glace at this photo, it probably would not make quite sense to them. They may recognize the characters from Wreck it Ralph, Ralph and Fix it Felix, though. This photo represents more than an animated kid’s movie. The actual meaning behind it comes from the short novel “Of Mice and Men”.

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.

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Satire is a grand literary device used by many authors to subtly make fun of a certain person or group. A way to mock them or make fun of their stupidity, and in the Canterbury tales there is a lot of satire that is discretely hidden between the lines, in forms that may not be so easily noticed in today’s world. Throughout the Canterbury tales, the descriptive lines depict not only fourteenth century England down to the T, but they also reflect Chaucer’s personality and wit. He allowed people to take a deeper look into himself, through the words and descriptions hat can be found in the Canterbury Tales. The Canterbury tales is broken up into many sections and examples of satire can be found in all of them, however, some are more prevalent

Visual arguments can be very useful in terms of passing a message along to the public. Common examples of an advertisement would be seen on TV ads, possibly a poster, billboard, and commercials. An ad that caught my eye is a powerful image portraying verbal abuse. It shows a man screaming at a woman with a fist coming out of the man's mouth and punching the woman in the face. It basically relays the message of how verbal abuse is just as bad or hurtful as physical violence and abuse. This ad also attempts to target the emotion of the viewers. Her facial expression is key in this ad. There are no textual elements but the picture is strong enough to the point that texts is no longer needed. The ad does not put us in the situation but it shows us how verbal abuse can be extremely hurtful. Collingwood argues that other sentient beings are able to engage with art and get a sense of the ‘total imaginative experience’ that prompted it. Collingwood mentions that “There is a particular process of recognition that happens which, if the art has succeeded in communicating on more than a purely idiosyncratic level, leads to enhanced self-knowledge, and by extension an enhanced collective self-knowledge. Given the fundamental formulation of the artistic process, and especially given the unavoidable loss of intensity of feeling even for the artist, then clearly the engagement of the fellow sentient being is not one of the equivalence with that of the artist, but an imaginative engagement based on the stimulus to hand, be it poem, sound of tactile art.” (Swale.

Being Muslim in America comes with many challenges and hurdles, but the struggle has just begun. American Muslims have faced a great deal of discrimination from the public and the American government, as well as anti-Muslim sentiment from media outlets that depict Muslims in a negative light. Islamophobia has increased since the 9/11 attacks and Muslims have experience an array of hate crime throughout the years. Unfortunately, due to the ignorance of some and the lack of understanding of others, Muslims have become prime targets and the face of all that’s evil in the world. However, if Americans learn to put their differences aside and try to understand Islam for what it truly is, a religion founded upon peace and justice, they will see that

In your Visual Presentation, what is a specific rhetorical strategy that you used to persuade this