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Obesity has been a constantly growing problem in the United States, with the amount of overweight American citizens increasing rapidly, in the past few decades especially. “Although Americans ' body weight had been increasing incrementally during the last century, obesity skyrocketed between 1976–80 and 2009–10, from 15% to 35.7%” (Wexler 1. 2). The highly talked about issue deserves sympathetic recognition and a helping hand, not the continuous ridicule it receives, as depicted in this CDT…

A cartoonist draws a political cartoon and depicts a problem using pictures and captions. I chose this method because people can understand a cartoon more clearly than a written essay. Cartoons are eye catching because of the pictures and colors. A person would…

On the 7th of January 2015, gunmen entered the office of Charlie Hebdo and shot dead 12 people, injuring a further 11. Then ensued what the BBC describes as ‘three days of terror’, as the police attempted to track down the gunmen before they escaped. (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30708237) In the end, the gunmen were shot dead by the police. These series of events raised a massive public outcry, from within France itself, throughout Europe and all over the world. The events of charlie…

Americans are infamous for their obesity, caused by the abuse of fast food and lack of exercise. Political cartoonist, Jeff Parker, illustrates “Sick of Fat,” in which he presents the imbalance of a starving third-world country and an overweight American. This cartoon’s rhetorical components were effective through Parker’s proper use of ethos, pathos, logos, and the rhetorical triangle. The artist establishes his creditability by the stamp on the upper right side. The fact that a website like…

The cartoon depicts a baby that is meant to be Canada standing on its own with an older woman commonly known as ‘Mother Britannia’, who is meant to represent the British Empire. There is also an older gentlemen that is commonly known as ‘Uncle Sam’, which is a common national personification of the American government or the United States in general. The text underneath the cartoon has the women saying “See, the dear child can stand alone!”, while ‘Uncle Sam’ says “Of course he can! Let go of…

completely wrong fact that is proven by the lecturer. Lecturer argues not only America created comic, but the whole world did. On the reading, the writer points out the first popular comic strip was Hogan’s Alley, published in the 1890s by American cartoonist R.F. Outcault. However, the lecture clears that R.F. Outcault, the publisher, was an immigrant from Hungary to the United States. Furthermore, Hogan’s Alley has displayed the Yellow Kid, who defined the world’s first famous cartoon…

Dr. Seuss once said, “Be who yo=u are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” His words can be understood as a universal theme about identity. By looking at an author, interpreting their work, and examining other examples that share the same ideas, a universal theme can be identified and understood. Dr. Seuss is credited with saying these words. Theodore Seuss Geisel was born on March 2, 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts, to parents Theodore…

cartoon called “the Anti- missionary”, the cartoonist suggest that the church helped spread a negative profile amongst the Indians which could of helped provoked the mutiny of 1857. The forced religion change that was adversities by the missionary, the cartoon gives an example of this when the Left Balloon says “Therefore destroy your gods, burn your books, be converts and be saved”. These accusations made by the church that were assumed by the cartoonist and the forced religion change could…

When it comes to creating characters and story, Alexander-Tanner explained that his biggest incentive is real life situations and scenarios. “I like talking to people, a lot. Like getting really connected. Making comics is very solitary work which I don’t like”, Alexander-Tanner states. “I’m not a type of person who wants to just sit in a room and not interact with anyone for hundreds of hours. It just goes against my nature which has been a big struggle in this work. So I really like the parts…

The illustrator of this political cartoon is John Cole. He mainly works as a cartoonist for the Times Tribune in New York. The main reason he made this cartoon was because he thinks the NRA has too much of an influence on the community and the country when it comes to shootings and background checks. Guns are used mostly for just shooting targets and relieving stress in the shooting range, however, some people take a bad turn and use them for killing. Homicides and national shootings have become…