Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Political cartoon 7-Cagle


  • Identify the cartoon caption and/or title. Why are those words being used to describe the cartoon? The budget shark infested, with a family jumping in
  • What objects, symbols, or people are represented in the cartoon? the pool being the budget and the diving board for a family with a father going in head first
  •  What do you think the artist means? That a whole family will be in danger, including the children's schooling
  • Describe the action taking place in the cartoon. The family is diving into a budget that can only harm them because its shark infested.
  • Explain the message of the cartoon That these new cuts and damages are only going to harm everyone.
  •  What ideological perspective is represented by the cartoonist? It doesn't matter, it affects everyone.
  • How does this cartoon relate to a current political event? The government shut down and spending from the budget
  • How does it relate to our in class discussions? About obamas jobs
  • How does satire and irony influence the topics covered in the cartoon? That the pool is bad on so many levels, that its a pool, and the have to stay a float, and also that there are sharks, and theyre all diving.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Political cartoon 6

  • Identify the cartoon caption and/or title. Why are those words being used to describe the cartoon?
  • soldiers natives in iraq
  • What objects, symbols, or people are represented in the cartoon? What do you think the artist means?
  • Soldiers waving a friendly goodbye, saying see you later
  • Describe the action taking place in the cartoon.
  • The iraqies don't even know who they're fighting anymore
  • Explain the message of the cartoon. What ideological perspective is represented by the cartoonist?
  • The war has been going for so long, they don't even know who theyre fighting anymore, and what the cause is
  • How does this cartoon relate to a current political event? How does it relate to our in class discussions?
  • Obama still hasn't pulled out of the war, and it's been almost 11 years
  • How does satire and irony influence the topics covered in the cartoon?
    The fact that they don't even know the soilders are americans

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Number 5

  • Identify the cartoon caption and/or title. Why are those words being used to describe the cartoon?
  • none
  • What objects, symbols, or people are represented in the cartoon? What do you think the artist means?
  • bugs titled main events going on in our current economy saying that they're sucking Obama dry
  • Describe the action taking place in the cartoon.
  • bugs titled Libya and Iraq and Afghanistan are sucking blood and energy from the president
  • Explain the message of the cartoon. What ideological perspective is represented by the cartoonist?
  • This person is a democrat saying Obama can't carry all of this weight on his back, and is being sucked dry from it
  • How does this cartoon relate to a current political event? How does it relate to our in class discussions?
  • that the presidents power can drive him to destruction
  • How does satire and irony influence the topics covered in the cartoon?
  • That these other countries are annoying like insects and only suck Americas power

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

political cartoon 4

Joe Heller - Green Bay Press-Gazette - Spending Cuts - English - Spending Cuts, budget, tea party, tree, federal budget

  • Identify the cartoon caption and/or title. Why are those words being used to describe the cartoon?
  • spending cuts
  • What objects, symbols, or people are represented in the cartoon? What do you think the artist means?
  • scissors chain saw animals
  • Describe the action taking place in the cartoon.
  • republicans and democrats cutting themselves from a barren tree slowly but the tea party quickly doing it
  • Explain the message of the cartoon. What ideological perspective is represented by the cartoonist?
  • saying the politicians are sure making small cuts sadly but thee tea party is quickly doing it
  • How does this cartoon relate to a current political event? How does it relate to our in class discussions?
  • the tea party does things on their own, not affiliated
  • How does satire and irony influence the topics covered in the cartoon?
  • that the tea party will rule

political cartoon 3


Adam Zyglis - The Buffalo News - Prison Signs - English - gitmo, guantanamo bay, terrorism, enemy combatants, camp, dentention, obama, white house, prison, campaign, promise, wall street, crime, criminals, ceo, pay, bonuses, bailouts, fraud, taxpayer, insider trading

  • Identify the cartoon caption and/or title. Why are those words being used to describe the cartoon?
  • Guantanamo bay stays open- saying Obama still hasn't done what he said he'd do, while there are crooks robbing america blindly
  • What objects, symbols, or people are represented in the cartoon? What do you think the artist means?
  • crooks free and guantanomeros imprisoned
  • Describe the action taking place in the cartoon.
  • two prisons, while one is open and allowing crooks free, one is still closed, the one obama claimed to want to change
  • Explain the message of the cartoon. What ideological perspective is represented by the cartoonist?
  • saying that things under obama are the same, just liek with bush
  • How does this cartoon relate to a current political event? How does it relate to our in class discussions?
  • Guantanamo bay should have closed a long time ago, it has to do with the war
  • How does satire and irony influence the topics covered in the cartoon?
  • satire influences that you think things would have changed drastically but they didn't at all

Political cartoon 2

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  • Identify the cartoon caption and/or title. Why are those words being used to describe the cartoon?
  • Detroit free press/nothing
  • What objects, symbols, or people are represented in the cartoon? What do you think the artist means?
  • An elephant and donkey, representing democrats and republicans saying both are robbed
  • Describe the action taking place in the cartoon.
  • wall street has robbed both political parties
  • Explain the message of the cartoon. What ideological perspective is represented by the cartoonist?
  • the cartoonist is saying wall street wit the bailouts and stock market has robbed everyone blindly and no one in particular is targeted.
  • How does this cartoon relate to a current political event? How does it relate to our in class discussions?
  • it relates to the current debt and finical crisis without eh budget
  • How does satire and irony influence the topics covered in the cartoon? it influences that everyone is in the hole, not just either party

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

political cartoon 1

  • Identify the cartoon caption and/or title. Why are those words being used to describe the cartoon?
  • KLAS cartoons
  • What objects, symbols, or people are represented in the cartoon? What do you think the artist means?
  • Two elephants, one modern day one and one mammoth and a small one in the middle
  • Describe the action taking place in the cartoon.
  • the new elephant is deciding what kind of republican to be
  • Explain the message of the cartoon. What ideological perspective is represented by the cartoonist?
  • the the republican is trying to decide to go back to the way old America was or to stay conservatively republican
  • How does this cartoon relate to a current political event? How does it relate to our in class discussions? yea hes pretty right on the political spectrum
  • How does satire and irony influence the topics covered in the cartoon?
  • that the republican is still trying to go back, or still stay the same, he doesn't have much change in his life at all