Source- cagle.com
In the wake of the government shutdown, this political
cartoon was produced to display the major dispute currently taking place in Congress
between Democrats and Republicans. In the cartoon, a large elephant that
symbolizes the Republican Party is blocking an Obama Care ambulance from
passing on a road. The Democratic Party, represented by the ambulance, supports
the new health care plan developed by President Obama. Although, Republicans
bitterly oppose this new plan because it will increase the national debt, which
is at about $17 trillion. Behind the two political parties, there is a pile-up
of civilian cars that are affected by the ongoing argument due to the
government shutdown. For thirteen days, the federal government has been out of
action, affecting the lives of each American citizen. This political cartoon is
not only directed towards the American people, but to Congress, in attempt to
create a resolution to this problem. The overall purpose of the cartoon is to
convince readers that the two-week government shutdown is ridiculous and
embarrassing that Republicans and Democrats cannot reach a compromise. The
makers of cartoon display this purpose through the use of humorous satire and
pictorial representation. The representations of the political parties using an
elephant and an ambulance driven by Barack Obama put humor into this serious predicament
in order to appeal pathos. The goal of the author is to get the reader to laugh
at the fat elephant sitting in the middle of the road, causing the Democrats to
crash. It then draws their attention toward the problems it is creating for the
other drivers. In my opinion, the cartoon does a great job of portraying the
different players that play a role in this debate. Not only are both parties
and President Obama accounted for in the image, but also the inclusion of the
American people is important because they are the ones that are most affected
by this situation.
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