Political Cartoon Essay

A political cartoon is an illustration that contains messages either politically or socially that relate in a light way to current events or people. In this case it is showing the Republican Party’s view, if a lame duck president should nominate a new Supreme Court Justice. Republicans are shown as elephants a symbol of the party. It shows the irony between not wanting him to nominate and not wanting to look like the bad one. Using imagery, irony and some physical, descriptive elements, Dan Wasserman

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

The political cartoon uses several outlets to reach its audience. It is describing the turmoil with the war in the Middle East and discussion of feminism. It does this in the following ways; through the audience its speaking to, the message it wishes to instill on them, symbols, and emotions. I believe the artist of the political cartoon was sending a message to young women that want to be treated equally as men. As shown in the cartoon, women are already in the front lines in battle. Heads

have been a source of contention in the news, and in the legislative arena for a long time. Medical marijuana and the use of legal and illegal drugs has been a hot topic of discussion in many legislative and medical settings for years. In the four cartoons selected you will see the contrast and correlation of the cartoonist’s presentations concerning government control of

The political cartoon by Michael Ramirez shows three men with a lot of papers scattered across all over the floor. One of the men is on the floor with a hand over his heart and his tongue sticking out. It also seems that one of the men is also representing President Obama who is also saying “Good news! Heart attacks are covered under Obamacare”. He does this when he is just looking over the man that is having the heart attack. The other man says that “He saw his new insurance premiums.” It seems

Political cartoons are written for sarcastic and satirical purposes; however, most political cartoons actually represent the real thoughts of people and society on a certain issue. A cartoon can represent ideas about a public figure such as a president, a traitor, or a war hero. It can also represent an idea such as slavery or taxation. Political cartoons can represent different movements and acts as well such as the Emancipation Proclamation and the Stamp Act. While sometimes hurtful to the idea

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

As November rolls along and the presidential elections begin, political cartoons on the candidates, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, come into play. While there are numerous issues currently being advertised about in the media, there is only one issue that I feel is most spoken about, that should not be. That issue is immigration. While Hillary Clinton feels that immigrants should be able to stay in the U.S., Donald Trump is a massive supporter of sending back any immigrants, especially Mexicans

controlled nations additionally invokes a picture of the motherland, England, choking them for their assets or raw material. This accurately represents imperialism as the mother country is using the colonies for its own betterment. The cartoon links to the economic and political aspect of globalization as England is using the colonies for trade such as the fur trade in Canada and also for slaves such as the slaves from parts of Africa and for raw resources and spices such as cotton cloth, tea, and spices

Nidhi Chavan Ms. Daniels English, Period 3 11 March 2016 Political Cartoon Essay A political cartoon explains an event or the effects of an event either in an humorous way or an serious but exaggerated way. The cartoonist can exaggerate a specific feature of an person or an event like the artist may make the ears of Obama’s extremely large because of how they feel about him listening to the issues but never doing anything about it. Or they make the statue of a famous civil movements leaders’ unfinished