Political Cartoons: The People's House

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.

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 political cartoons of the 1800s reflected the feelings of many laborers of the time. The American Revolution began in the early 1800s and continued through much of the 19th century. The low wages and high fees of being a laborer, added to the long hours many worked, made people desperate to find a better way of life. Despite their need for a better life, many laborers had little skill or ability to anything else. As the cartoon shows they are being crushed between their high rent that they are required to pay and the low wages being driven by the new monopolies and corporations of the time. Eventually riots broke out in the cities as the workers got more and more desperate to push for an increase in wages.

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.

The political cartoon discussed in this essay was illustrated by Thomas Nast and published on January 22, 1870. A majority of the members and supporters of Tammany Hall were illiterate and so articles depicting their corruption would have no effect on then, but actually seeing illustrations they could clearly understand changed everything. This did not sit well with Tammany Hall Boss Tweed who on various occasions tried to persuade and coerce Nast to stop his illustrations. This particular cartoon depicts Tammany Hall members filling the voting box with fixed ballots while “honest voters” were stopped by Tammany-controlled

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.

Cartoonists were protesting everywhere, screaming out, standing on top of soapboxes. They gave shouts of, "DISNEY UNFAIR!" . Cartoonists held up placards that included phrases such as "ONE GENIUS AGAINST 1,200 GUINEA PIGS", and a picture of Pluto the dog with the phrase, "I'D RATHER BE A DOG THAN A SCAB!". Strikers and non-strikers alike exchanged harsh words, "Fink", "Scab", "Commie", and the like. Gunshots were fired. A non-striker poured a circle of gasoline around the agitators and made a threat to drop a lit cigarette onto it.8 The other events that took place over the course of the nine week long strike were absolutely brutal. Walt became convinced that communists had invaded his studio and reported the dissidents to the House Un-American

In 1868, Republican candidate Ulysses S. Grant ran against Democrat Horatio Seymour for office of president of the United States. At the time, congress was radically Republican, yet had trouble passing legislature due to the Democratic President in office, Andrew Johnson. The election of 1868 election was important for Republicans, as they set out to obtain control over the executive branch of government. Thomas Nast was one of many editorial cartoonists to expose the Democratic party’s resistance towards reconstruction during the campaign season of the election of 1868. Through symbolism and irony in his 1868 editorial cartoon, “This is a White Man’s Government”, Thomas Nast argues that the Democratic party sought to prevent black people from

Have you ever gotten sick or know of anyone who has but cannot afford the medicine? If so then you must ask yourself, “how am I going to get your hands on the medicine that I need?” With the Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare), you would not have to worry about that. ObamaCare is an affordable health care plan to which all American citizens can get medically taken care of without spending a fortune, regardless of what is wrong with them. Obama-care is necessary to the American public. Reasons being for ObamaCare being necessary are that middle and lower class citizens cannot afford health insurance, certain plans do not offer certain medical procedures, and it ensures citizens to have no medical worries. One of many political cartoons

In this political cartoon, Trump is sawing down a tree that says “big government” on it. Below the tree there’s a sleeping donkey in a blue tie, sitting under the shade of the tree. The donkey seems to represent the Democratic Party. In March, the Trump administration decided that they would make cuts to many government programs. The Democrats are relying on an increase in government spending for a big government, as a safety cushion. Since Trump is a republican president it’s going to benefit the republicans and their point of views. Republicans like smaller governments because to them it’s efficient and taxpayers don’t get bothered by it as much.

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

Having a Master’s degree would be nice. After completing 4 years of college and then going back for a master’s degree and graduating with that is an amazing accomplishment. There is so man benefits that come with this high degree, more money, better jobs, and more education in the particular work field as the masters. Let’s get this straight, though, going back for a master’s degree costs a lot of money. Just to get a bachelor’s degree cost a lot of money so going back to college for more years will cost a lot more. That’s the only downfall of getting a master’s degree, the price. In the political cartoon about a master’s degree, the author makes it clear of the downfall of getting that degree which is the price. He uses color, layout, and characters to make this point very clear.

If a ‘worldwide phenomenon’ is defined as an occurrence that is reaching throughout the world, then it would be reasonably logical to conclude that the consumption of animated cartoon shows are indeed, a worldwide phenomenon. Since 1960s, cartoons have provided numerous generations of children with a type of entertainment that filled their little minds with fantasy and imagination. Cartoons may have started out as an entertainment for children. However, the world today sees different genres of cartoons produced to target a different group of audience, and cartoons today are not anymore exclusive to children.