Political Cartoon
Victoria D. Mitchell
Dr. Simmons
English 1102
23 August 2013
Rhetorical Analysis of Political Cartoon When growing up, you never realize that the cartoons that you observe sometimes have a deeper meaning. The gestures and comments made in these cartoons can stir up more controversy than an entire newspaper article. Williams uses the strategy of compare and contrast, and examples to help explain how cartoonists create their cartoons using propaganda. In Political Cartoons as Ethnocentric Propaganda, Williams begins off asking the questions can a cartoon start a war, can it cause an ongoing conflict, or can it cause a country or race to feel inferior? And even though political cartoons maybe for the persons with a ten second attention span quoted by Williams, cartoons most definitely can cause all three to take place. For example, Williams uses compare and contrast when explaining how political cartoons are versus regular articles. He questions whether a single political cartoon can help shape or influence the minds and opinions of society. With a news article, one could use rhetorical appeals such as pathos, logos and ethos, however, with a simple cartoon with little words or no words at all how could it be possible.
Next, he compares and contrasts the propaganda versus truth of political cartoons. When reading or viewing anything, if we familiar with a subject, we will automatically be deemed as bias because our past experienced and altered our opinion of the matter. So when viewing a political cartoon our judgment can often be altered subconsciously. For example, Williams used the example for the United States and Iraq. When we hear stories of the Iraqi death rate being exceptional high due to the war and the United State troops killing men, women, and children, most of us think nothing of it. However, if three United States troops get killed, most of us or angry, upset, and feel so much hurt and pain. And Williams explains that this is because the use
Dr. Simmons
English 1102
23 August 2013
Rhetorical Analysis of Political Cartoon When growing up, you never realize that the cartoons that you observe sometimes have a deeper meaning. The gestures and comments made in these cartoons can stir up more controversy than an entire newspaper article. Williams uses the strategy of compare and contrast, and examples to help explain how cartoonists create their cartoons using propaganda. In Political Cartoons as Ethnocentric Propaganda, Williams begins off asking the questions can a cartoon start a war, can it cause an ongoing conflict, or can it cause a country or race to feel inferior? And even though political cartoons maybe for the persons with a ten second attention span quoted by Williams, cartoons most definitely can cause all three to take place. For example, Williams uses compare and contrast when explaining how political cartoons are versus regular articles. He questions whether a single political cartoon can help shape or influence the minds and opinions of society. With a news article, one could use rhetorical appeals such as pathos, logos and ethos, however, with a simple cartoon with little words or no words at all how could it be possible.
Next, he compares and contrasts the propaganda versus truth of political cartoons. When reading or viewing anything, if we familiar with a subject, we will automatically be deemed as bias because our past experienced and altered our opinion of the matter. So when viewing a political cartoon our judgment can often be altered subconsciously. For example, Williams used the example for the United States and Iraq. When we hear stories of the Iraqi death rate being exceptional high due to the war and the United State troops killing men, women, and children, most of us think nothing of it. However, if three United States troops get killed, most of us or angry, upset, and feel so much hurt and pain. And Williams explains that this is because the use