A Political Cartoon Analysis

Within today’s society numerous artists create enjoyable and humorous cartons about current politicians. These political cartoons use a wide range of humour and satirical devices to tease or mock the intended target. By using these methods the cartoonist can influence the audience to view the target in a particular way. This specific satirical cartoon involves Malcolm Turnbull accompanied by his wife Lucy Turnbull and a scorpion which in this cartoon represents the GST increase plan. Sean Leahy, who is the author of the cartoon has utilised a broad range of satirical devices such as symbolism, caricature and captioning to show Malcolm Turnbull’s thoughts about a rise in the GST.

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 early 19th century in America saw the rise of industry and a booming economy, however, with industry came businessmen who saw an opportunity for power and profit. Even with help from the government, it would be a long time before the American people saw an improvement in the condition of the laborers and the regulation of corporations. Fast forward to the 21st century; two hundred years have passed and people are still struggling at the hands of a corporation-run economy. Throughout history, American laborers have been at the mercy of an industry controlled by a small few that did not have the best interest of the people in mind.

Germany, U.K., Russia and Japan already have their knives or hand on the pie, France has his eyes on it as well.

Over the past few months, a new set of books has emerged from the nation's publishers, the first since the State Board of Education in Texas, driven by political conservatives and Christian evangelicals, adopted standards in 2010 for what should be included in them”( Eichenwald). The curriculum and textbooks a student learns from are essential to a solid foundation in the quality of their education. Education is the crucial building block for a student to have a fruitful future and in today's society a percentage of the best careers oblige to an absolute minimum of a higher education. It is then the obligation of parents and the educators to give the best conceivable instruction to students to set them up for school and for their future occupations. The Texas States Board of Education is currently the fool of the country because of the activities of the Texas State Board of Education whom has fizzled students by not giving the best information possible and permitting government officials with individual agendas to write the curriculum and rebuff textbooks that present a compelling bias far from the truth. “When it comes to meddling with school textbooks, Texas is both similar to other states and totally different. It’s hardly the only one that likes to fiddle around with the material its kids study in class” (Collins).And also, According to Landau

The topic of this essay was one that seemed the most relevant at this given moment in time. Post 9/11, Western media became very critical of Islam and the portrayal of Muslims and the negative associations made with them has dramatically increased.

This a political cartoon made by Marc Murphy that address both black history month and Journalist Laura Ingraham’s remark to basketball player Lebron James. Murphy put this cartoon together to show the similarities of Ingraham’s comment and the bus racial struggle in the 50s. Lebron James was having an interview and discussed many things such as family, personal growth and the racial issues he had encountered (his home was graffitied with racial slurs). Ingraham had a very interesting response to his interview. She called him “Barely intelligible,” “ungrammatical,” and ended up telling him to "Keep the political comments to yourselves. ...

Humans actions and behaviors are quite ironic because we create something with a purpose, but later use it for the exact opposite. Religion often times teaches us to love and have faith, yet it is used as an excuse to twist the real meaning of religion and use it to justify evil acts. Religion teaches us that being humane is the way to heaven yet, we kill the humans to find a way to God. In Pineda's political cartoon we see famous leaders use God as an excuse for wrong acts, “By warding off the jews I am fighting for the lord’s work!” Hitler once said.“ We’ll rise up and conduct Jihad for the sake of God!....“ The almighty told me to strike al-Qaeda and I struck them"(Pineda). This political cartoon makes fun of religion and politicians who

Political cartoons and satire are a prevalent way to depict the current viewpoints in the political system. In some cases, the cartoons can polarize people when they push the envelope too far. However, in many cases, Democrats and Republicans alike can join in laughing at the humor intended by the illustrators and writers. For my cartoon, I chose to draw a picture of an elephant crushing Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate. The meaning behind my cartoon is that even Republicans are trying to keep Trump from saying all the highly opinionated, offensive, and negative things in his political campaign.

In this political cartoon, it demonstrates the outcome of gun control. Gun control is a huge topic of 2017. The cartoon shows a criminal pointing a gun at a guy with a wallet of money in his hand. The guy with the wallet is pointing a finger gun at the criminal. The criminal represents crime and the guy without a weapon represents gun control. The title of the political cartoon says, “How Gun Control Works.” The authors trying to say that gun control isn’t protecting or helping the people from crime.

For the past 7, weeks Australians have been bombarded with one of the longest political campaigns in the history of this country. As the campaign progressed we saw both Malcolm Turnbull travelling around the Australia promising a lot of money to many projects: on the condition that the state government would have to pay up to half the cost to fund the projects. Sean

A cartoon entitled SAT Changes speaks widely to the reader as it does an array of other audiences. This cartoon emphasizes the stress students feel about the exam from a parent perspective. The father, adjacent with his wife, sits reading the newspaper making a ludicrous, satire filled and not easily ignored, nor forgotten comment- ‘they’re eliminating the waterboarding part of it…” These parents most likely listened to their child complain for extended periods of times about the standardized tests’ difficulty and irrelevance. Yes, the College Board attempts to change this by altering the SAT in the spring of 2016, but the opinion of the father in this cartoon speaks widely around the nation to a parental audience: the approaching alterations are not enough. He firmly believes the test will still produce difficulties hard for students to overcome. Sure, the students don’t need to “water board” anymore, but they will still be judged upon their ability to recall information in a timed setting.

The mayor and the police department usually have a robust relationship; not only the mayor appoints the police commissioner but also, the mayor has an essential role in the police department. It is ironic that, in the chosen political cartoon it reveals a troubling kinship among NYPD and Mayor de Blasio.

The author(unknown) of the cartoon above utilized a nonchalant tone to depict the flaws in our education system with a variety of different animals and an unsympathetic judge. The cartoon itself is rather simple. It depicts several different animals,specifically a bird, a monkey, a penguin, an elephant, a fish in a bowl, a seal, and a dog. In front of them is a single man sitting in an office desk explaining very succinctly to all of the animals “For a fair selection everybody has to take the same exam: Please climb that tree”. In back of all the animals is the aforementioned tree.