From 1914-1918 America was struck with fear and anger, as WW1 was laying waste and destruction though out the world. In 1917 the United States entered WW1 fighting against Germany, causing many men to be drafted or pressured into volunteering to protect the country. Many propaganda posters at this time were emerging to get more men to enlist. Harry Hoops created one of the most capturing propaganda poster of the time titled Destroy this Mad Brute Enlist. The image depicts a large gorilla stomping onto shore, holding a bloody club in one hand and a half naked women it the other, while in the background there is a view of a city in ruin and smoke. This image depicted Germany as powerful and destructive, causing fear to arise in America.
When analyzing this image, we can first see two large pieces of text on the bottom and top, written in the color orange. The top text says “ destroy this mad brute, and the bottom text says “enlist. In the center of the picture we can see a gorilla holding a club in his left hand and a half naked women in his right hand. The gorillas club has black writing on it saying “ kultur” and is wearing a helmet that say “ militarism on it. The gorilla appears to be very aggressive …show more content…
The main purpose of :Destroy this Mad Brute-Enlist” was to motivate men to joining the using army. The poster made enduring claims against Germany, which awoken a patriotic feeling in the viewer and creates tension with anger and fear. Posters like these led to the recruitment of many young soldiers to fight our country, it also led to a epidemic of prosecuting Germany Americans in our country. Hoops propaganda poster, did it job by creating fear and getting young men to enlist into the US Army to defend our country and was one of most capturing propaganda posters of its
When analyzing this image, we can first see two large pieces of text on the bottom and top, written in the color orange. The top text says “ destroy this mad brute, and the bottom text says “enlist. In the center of the picture we can see a gorilla holding a club in his left hand and a half naked women in his right hand. The gorillas club has black writing on it saying “ kultur” and is wearing a helmet that say “ militarism on it. The gorilla appears to be very aggressive …show more content…
The main purpose of :Destroy this Mad Brute-Enlist” was to motivate men to joining the using army. The poster made enduring claims against Germany, which awoken a patriotic feeling in the viewer and creates tension with anger and fear. Posters like these led to the recruitment of many young soldiers to fight our country, it also led to a epidemic of prosecuting Germany Americans in our country. Hoops propaganda poster, did it job by creating fear and getting young men to enlist into the US Army to defend our country and was one of most capturing propaganda posters of its