Cartoon Analysis

Choose
one comic strip or political cartoon
.
If you visit the website of a newspaper such as
The
Baltimore Sun
,
The New York Times
,
The Washington Post
, etc., you should be
able to search
for comic strips or political cartoons easily.
Which techniques does the creator of the comic strip use? How does the creator make
his/her
point in the comic strip? What do we learn about the characters and/or ourselves
from this comic str
ip or political cartoon? If colors are available, what do they tell us about
this comic or cartoon? What language is used and how can that be interpreted?
And importantly, which of the
key terms from the topic lesson
can you discuss in your
analysis? For
example, how do elements of
imagery
,
symbolism
,
metaphor
, and/or
irony
help
reveal the cartoon’s message?
As with all academic essays you write in this course, this essay should have a well
–
defined
introduction with a thesis statement, body, and
conclusion.