Mike Luckovich Visual Analysis

In the piece drawn by the artist Mike Luckovich, there is no title for the picture provided, the artist uses both text and figures to enhance the message. The piece of art is in color. Although he uses humor as a strategy, the author is serious about what he is portraying as an issue. He uses a standard font, but capitalized. The layout divides the picture into four different scenes, it shows president Obama in all four scenes, he is sitting down behind a table and facing the screen, wearing different suits in each scene, and his face expression shows that he is serious.
Starting from the first part on the left side, the scene shows the president in the background bending his head to left in an attempt to be seen, and he is saying “My fellow
Americans..”. in front of him is a man who …show more content…
In this cartoon, Luckovich uses different characters around the president to draw attention to the fact that any person can be an intruder, he also uses humor when he uses a dog in the last part of the cartoon to illustrate than the fence is very low that even a small dog or an old woman can jump it.
Also, The sarcasm and underlying message that Luckovich uses are found within the actual text of the president character. His words has its obvious meaning and a deeper message as well. The president is shown in the cartoon saying “My fellow Americans, the White House could use a higher fence..”. Mr. Luckovich is trying to make onlookers understand through the picture and text to that the white house’s low fence is main issue that needs to be addressed and fixed by the secret service. He tried to prove his point by illustrating the many people that were successful to jump the fence in real life throughout the characters in the cartoon. I believe