Not all journeys are contented and pleasurable; there are those who experience slow and difficult journeys. Journeys can be problematic and challenging, as it is conveyed through this cartoon created by Michael Leunig. This cartoon is called “History in the Making: Another First,” and conveys a fact that a journey is a goal; there are always other people who want or thrive for the same objectives as you. This cartoon particularly, is very critical as it creates a purpose and meaning of a significant journey.
This cartoon is reflecting the scene of a protagonist who has conquered Mount Everest and is being yelled at by another man in front of a queue of people saying, “....hurry up and get on with it, you’re holding up the queue.” During a long and tiresome journey, the one thing that you would want to gain out of the horrible experience is a moment to cherish the times of hard work and accomplishment; not to be pushed down the other side of the mountain. This cartoon gives out truth and reality as there are some people who need to accept and deal with life as it comes and goes. History in the Making is a very meaningful illustration as Michael Leunig was clever to show that it doesn’t matter what place you come on the journey, people just want to have the experience in being successful. Numbers don’t matter.
A message or quote in which can be interpreted through this cartoon is “a passage through life.” Sometimes a good journey is to have your moment at the top then at some point slowing having to come back down again. “The first person to conquer Mount Everest and be told hurry up and get on with it, you’re holding up the queue,” is a quote in the cartoon used to suggest that there are easy journeys but there is always some hard ones as well. History is the study of past events, as Michael Leunig used in the heading “History in the Making,” this could possibly have been translated into a line of