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Sunday, September 21, 2008

Political Cartoon Analysis


I think the main point the illustrator is trying to get out of the cartoon, is that all the rich people suah as factory owners will do almost anything to get their money, and end up getting it in a unfair way.
Visual Elements:

You can clearly see the big, fat guy wearing the 'Capitalism' banner--and in the visual he seems to be robbing the small guy with the label 'Labor'. You can also see his money being dropped into a bag 'Profits from Child Labor'. We see the 'capitalism' guy diaplayed as a very large, fat man, and it probably means hes greedy. Wants money, even though he has enough, compared to the small worker. The immigrant or worker obviously has no power to stop or control whats happening. They work, get paid minimum wage, and thats it. The author of this image probably feels that workers should probably deserve more. They work long hours, and [according to the cartoon], end up loosing.

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