A Political Cartoon Analysis

The main point of this cartoon is to show the viewers that gun control is getting entirely out of hand. The artist is showing us this by pairing the words he wants to say with the National Anthem. The artist does this extremely well and uses everything in his power, as an artist, to show us what he means. The author uses various types of symbolisms and imagery to show his disapproval of the way guns is changing society.
In the first slide of the cartoon, a man holding an automatic rifle is firing off. As we all know, automatic rifles are illegal to the mass population of America. The wording above the image says, “O say can you shoot, everybody in sight." This is implying the man with the gun below the wording is firing at people without a reasonable cause. In the second slide, there is a man stereotypically portrayed as a southerner holding a pistol and kissing the barrel while there are dead bodies in the background. This image is symbolizing the south’s love for guns regardless of the outcomes. The wording above it says “Where we love our guns more than we love our children." This directly relates to mass shootings at schools (where children are) and loss of lives through the power of guns. Basically, this slide says, “Even if children are dying because of it, we will still stand by our guns.” In the third …show more content…
The entire meaning of the cartoon involves the second amendment. The author is saying the guns rights advocates are changing society for the worse. The cartoon screams, “America no longer cares about its foundations, guns guns guns." In the unit we are studying, the second amendment (the right to bear arms) is in the lesson. This political cartoon is important because it takes the opposing side of guns rights advocates, and the author takes these ideas and pushes it to the extreme. Though this dystopia in the cartoon is not entirely evident yet, only time will tell the way society will