As a young child growing up in Canada, I didn't ever really understand the political satire that Rick Mercer was talking about on television. Who was Stephen Harper? What did being Prime Minister really mean? What I did know, nevertheless, was that he was funny. Canadians young and old know this, and that is one of the reasons why his largely popular show, The Mercer Report, is still running after 13 seasons.
My political cartoon addresses the fact that the Articles of Confederation was unable to maintain control over army recruits. The title “The States Gain Higher Ground”, sheds more light onto the flaw, as the states held a high advantage over the national government. The title is a bit metaphorical and literal at the same time, because the State Government is portrayed as perching on upper land much higher than the Congress in my cartoon. This blemish on the national government’s cherished first constitution would have been fatal to the states as its army would become very weak – mainly because the states had the power to decline giving up able bodied men. However, it was not the Articles of Confederation’s only weakness.
Not addressing the topic clearly can make this cartoon relevant for several years. One can be influenced by the government in a life changing way and some people hold their breath and wait for things to go to how they would prefer. The audience of this cartoon is adults interested in politics. Although the older community is a likely candidate, young adults pay attention to politics just as often. Whether they are associated with politics or stay up to date on the topic, this cartoon can capture their interest.
Lincoln urges the people to “strive on to finish the work we are in,” “to bind up the nation's wounds,” he is trying to get the United Sate Citizens to become one again to unite and be one strong country, showing that even after a huge war that the country can remain strong and unified and that this war will allow for a strong brotherhood in the US. Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address is significant because Lincoln offered and objective point of view. Lincoln did not speak of the unloyalty of the South nor did he praise the North. Rather, Lincoln used multiple points to show that the Unification should be the main focus of his speech not that the states should be divided because of
Andrew Jackson is shown in all three cartoons. The first cartoon’s significance is showing Andrew Jackson as “King Andrew”. The main importance of this is to show he had power and could veto bills. There are no dates or certains numbers in this cartoon. The word veto standed out to me and the declaration of independence on the floor in this cartoon the most.
The political cartoon shows a scene of a same-sex couple getting married by a judge. The judge has a speech bubble that reads, “... And after a thorough review of all the evidence and testimony, I now pronounce you husband and husband! It now goes on to appeal.”. One of the men in the couple has a speech bubble that reads, “Long ceremony.”
Political cartoons can be very funny if we understand it as it drags our attention and interest on it and it also changes our view towards politics as well. Political cartooning began with Benjamin Franklin. The first image as a political cartoon was created to emphasize the importance of unity. According to the article," Picture Power” by Dan Gilgoff , the role of the political cartoon is chronicled from the time of politician and inventor Benjamin Franklin in the 1800s through current day(2008).
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. Moreover, Nast earned this title because 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 image to convey the message of his cartoons (Simpson, ANBO). Subsequently, Nast reached the illiterate community more effectively than other cartoonists of his time.
The story starts off by the narrator friend Simon Wheeler asking him about his friend Leonidas W. Smiley. However he think his friend doesn’t know who he talking about but he doesn’t really want to know about Leonidas W. Smiley but a Jim Smiley. The narrator meets up with Simon at a bar called Angel`s Camp. He presses him to talk about Jim Smiley. He starts to described Jim Smiley as a man who would bet his very last however his mainly run his bets and rarely lose.
Media And Politics This cartoon was created by Baker Joseph E. and the era was during the civil war. The purpose of this cartoon is about restoring the country, The Amnesty acts. It shows Vice President Andrew Johnson sitting atop a globe attempting to stitch together the map of the United States with needle and thread. Abraham Lincoln stands, right, using a split rail to position the globe .
The artist of this cartoon is Nick Mckee. He is an editorial cartoonist. He has done over 400
A Translucent Cartoon In the article “Donald Trump is not the GOP 's biggest problem,” by David Horsey of Los Angeles Times, a visual aid is used, especially a cartoon, to comment on a statement made by a Republican presidential candidate namely Mr. Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida. He says that his fellow republican rival in the presidential election Donald J. Trump is not a good representative of the values characterizing their party. That cartoon is actually in contradiction with Jeb Bush 's statement because it shows how well Mr. Trump fits the different groups of Republicans such as the Birthers, the Tea Party, and others, but it does not consider the fact that not every simple person in those branches of the Republican Party or
Generally the cartoonist are inspired by political leaders like presidents due to them being at the center of the country’s political issues. Since
Cartoons can be used in different ways. People can chose to use cartoons ranging anywhere from comedy to advertisements. The amount of power an image holds can change the way a person thinks. Rob Rogers is a cartoonist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Rogers has recently drawn a cartoon that represents the type of state the country is under.
The same problems influence the analysis of the use of a political caricature, thus the methodology required to analyze a caricature's use and it's position in tradition must factor in these problems. The following chapter will attempt to work around these problems, and find an analytical approach which will deliver data about tradition and the use of political caricatures. It will begin by discussing the issue of tradition and use respectively, and then continue by locating where in an caricature's structure evidence of analysis for either can be found. The next segment will deal with the development of a methodological approach to analysis of use and its relation to tradition, and lastly, the theory will be applied to a historical example
