Summary Of William Warren's Editorial Cartoon

William Warren illustrates an editorial cartoon featuring a depiction of the Washington Monument as well as a fictional Obama Monument. Warren uses many strategies and techniques to portray his point of view to his intended audience. The illustrator focuses on the use of specific elements such as exaggeration, dialogue, analogy and symbolism to create a powerful and concise editorial cartoon. Warren uses elements of symbolism within his editorial cartoon in order to exaggerate his point of view on Barack Obama and the inclination of the national deficit since his oath into office. The illustrator uses an explicit form of symbolism to represent the national deficit by depicting a rather large cavity in the ground where the Washington Monument