ColbyWyatt

Period6
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Yourtask:Usingthefollowingrubric,analyze4ofthefollowingcartoons
Whatdoyouvisuallyseeinthepoliticalcartoon?
Whatistheauthortryingtoconveyinthecartoon?
Whatwordsorvisualsshowtheviewpointoftheauthor?
Whoistheaudiencetheauthoristryingtoreach?
Istheauthortakingaposition?Whatistheposition?

PoliticalCartoon3:
Inthiscartoon,IseemanydifferentcountryleaderstuggingondifferentpartsofAfrica.
TheauthoristryingtoconveyhowallthedifferentEuropeancountrieswerefightingforterritory
inAfrica.
TheMadScrambleforAfricaandthedepictingofallofthecountriesshowsthattheauthorhas
nobiasanditjustportrayingitonainternationalstandard.
Theauthoristryingtoappealtoaworldwideaudience,mostlythoseinterestedinAfricanaffairs.
Theauthoristakingnoposition,justshowinghowmanycountriesarefightingforland.

PoliticalCartoon4:
Inthiscartoon,IseeasnakewithamansheadwrappingupandyellingatanAfricanAmerican
man,assuminglyaslave.
TheauthoristryingtoconveyhowtheKingtreatstheslavesandhowtheyareforcedtowork
againsttheirwill.
IntheRubberCoilssuggeststhattheKinghastheslavesinarubbercoil,forcingthemto
work.
Theauthoristryingtoappealtoslavesandthosewhoopposeslavery.
TheauthoristakingapositionagainsttheKing,andinsteadfortheslavesandgettingthem
treatedmorefairly.
PoliticalCartoon5:
Inthiscartoon,IseeanEnglishgentlemanwithmanydifferentoctopusarmswithhands
grabbingdifferentlandmassesthatseemtobecountries.
TheauthoristryingtoconveyhowEnglandistakingoverlotsofdifferentterritoriesaroundthe
world.
ThevisualshowsthattheyopposeEnglandbecausetheymaketheEnglishmonsterscary
lookingwithweirdoctopusarms.
TheauthoristryingtoappealtotheaudiencesagainstEnglandconqueringallthisland.
TheauthoristakingapositionagainstEngland.

PoliticalCartoon8:
Inthiscartoon,IseeanEaglewithitswingsspreadoutoverthewholeUnitedStatesalongwith
mostoftheoceansurroundingit.
TheauthoristryingtoconveyhowmuchlandthePhiladelphiaPresscovers,usingtheEagles'
wingsasameasure.
ThewordsTenthousandmilesfromtiptotipshowsthattheauthorispropellingthe
PhiladelphiaPressbyshowinghowmuchspacetheycover.
TheauthoristryingtoappealtoAmericanswhodontreadthenewspaper.
TheauthoristakingapositionforthePhiladelphiaPress.