Political or social cartoons that often appear in our papers, use imagery and satirical text to comment on a contemporary social issue. They may contain a caricature of a well-known person or an allusion to a contemporary event or trend. By examining the pictorial elements of the cartoon, along with the textual elements, you can start to understand the message of the cartoon. This will lead you to understanding the cartoonist’s goal in persuading the reader to think a certain way about a current issue.
The two people portrayed in this cartoon are young males from Western Sydney. They are depicted wearing back the front baseball caps and shooting an automatic weapon from a car at a target of ducks. There is a menu listed of the wall pertaining …show more content…
Is it the preferred form of entertainment? Can you order violence as easy as ordering from a drive through? Are the targets of this violence sitting ducks like in a shooting gallery at the local show?
The tone is very cynical linking violence, shootings and Western Sydney all in the one picture. This could also be considered evocative considering the current racial tensions.
A satirical cartoon is created with consideration to the experiences and views of the intended audience. This target of this cartoon was the Australian public and particularly those who are educated enough to draw from its implications of Westerns Sydney and its history of violence. By definition Implicit means “implied or expressed indirectly.” In this case I think the target audience is implicit as it is up to the reader to find the details and subtle hints that are implied by the text.
The cartoon implies that there is an assimilation of violence in Western Sydney which has become as simple an iconic as a drive through …show more content…
There is an allusion to the Middle Eastern culture by saying “Western Sydney Drive Through Service” This could be considered as evocative language depending on the audiences point of view. Hyperbole has also been included by the exaggeration of the use of a weapon at a dive through service and the degree of
The two people portrayed in this cartoon are young males from Western Sydney. They are depicted wearing back the front baseball caps and shooting an automatic weapon from a car at a target of ducks. There is a menu listed of the wall pertaining …show more content…
Is it the preferred form of entertainment? Can you order violence as easy as ordering from a drive through? Are the targets of this violence sitting ducks like in a shooting gallery at the local show?
The tone is very cynical linking violence, shootings and Western Sydney all in the one picture. This could also be considered evocative considering the current racial tensions.
A satirical cartoon is created with consideration to the experiences and views of the intended audience. This target of this cartoon was the Australian public and particularly those who are educated enough to draw from its implications of Westerns Sydney and its history of violence. By definition Implicit means “implied or expressed indirectly.” In this case I think the target audience is implicit as it is up to the reader to find the details and subtle hints that are implied by the text.
The cartoon implies that there is an assimilation of violence in Western Sydney which has become as simple an iconic as a drive through …show more content…
There is an allusion to the Middle Eastern culture by saying “Western Sydney Drive Through Service” This could be considered as evocative language depending on the audiences point of view. Hyperbole has also been included by the exaggeration of the use of a weapon at a dive through service and the degree of