political cartoon 1

The cartoon is addressing the fact that Obama is trying to make both the republicans and the democrats happy.
In the cartoon hes listening to both the "angel" and the "devil" to meet in the middle.
The fight between the political parties is the historical moment happening in this cartoon. The text first appeared in the news and is more liberal than conservative. It shows the audience that Obamas tryin to play peace keeper and is torn on which way to go.
The artist is an older man who normally produces cartoons about politics. He retired in 2007 from Colorado Springs gazette where he edited cartoons. He doesn't do any other writings.
The cartoons message about the issue is that he is trying to meet in the middle. There isn't any irony.
This is a series of sequential frames. He started by listening to the"devils" side and then switched to the "angels" side and finally met them both in the middle by saying "trying to find the middle ground grandma!"
Word and images are both used. The relationship between the two shows that hes trying to rationalize whether its stealing or sharing. The words have more oriority because it dispays why he is torn. This influences the cartoons overall persuasiveness because it appears that hes saying that Obama is trying to make both sides happy.
The choices of imagery and content the artist makes are kind of like a flashback to Obamas childhood. The drawings are not realistic and do not rely on caricatures. He includes allusions to the past by having Obama talk to his grandma in the cartoon.
The cartoon is primarily comic. It makes the issue more funny than serious.
Its about a person. He is a young boy. It represents Obama. He is nonfictional. It maked it look like hes had these decisions to make all his life.
The cartoon refers to Obama and he political party fight happening now. The symbolism in this cartoon is Obama making a decision on which side to please. It speaks to a broad audience.