When it came to analyzing political cartoons I knew that in order to understand what is being illustrated I needed to know/understand prior or outside knowledge, reading what little words are in the cartoon itself and interpreting them, and try to find aspects of irony in the illustration also. When I look up guides to analyzing political cartoons other that what I had already knew there were other aspects such as symbolism, exaggeration, and analogies. Learning this new information I now that the guide I had searched (
It's No Laughing Matter: Cartoon Analysis Guide) would be the best to use when analyzing because there are more specific "instructions" on what to do and explains why.When it comes to analyzing political cartoons I look for symbolism, irony and writing within the This guide had also used my methods so in my opinion I would use this when comes to analyzing these cartoons because it gives the steps that would help, the reasoning behind the steps, and some questions to ask when I am analyzing the cartoon.
Uncle Sam (United States) is being tied up by a rope by a mule that is the "Philippines". It symbolizes that the US is getting tied up in something that is bigger than them.
This cartoon illustrates Uncle Sam and two younger children who are presumably Cuban and Hawaiian. The texts says "Who'll get the wish-bone?". During this time (1897) Hawaii and Cuba were still territories and were near the time of the becoming annexed. It seems as though Uncle Sam is bullying the little children, that he taunting them. The United Sates seemed to believe that they were better the territories because they were taking care of them.
This cartoon symbolizes the reluctance of McKinley deciding whether or not to give that Philippines back to Spain because he didn't want to be imperialist. He then decided to keep the Philippines to "help" them and educate them so that they can become independent.
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