As
evidently shown in this political cartoon, this image depicts the American’s
favor in changing the immigration law. From my background knowledge, I know
that during the 1920s, Communism was expanding in different countries and that
Americans feared the effects of having immigrants over: terrorists bombing their
cities, foreign workers killing their land owners, and the expand of communism.
Through the use of juxtaposition and appealing to logos, the artist proposes
her though in order to change the present immigration law.
Through
juxtaposition, the artist clearly states what he is in favor of and what he
isn’t. Using funnels that face the opposite direction, it makes it even more
obvious that he wants to turn the immigration law around 180 degrees. One other
difference in the two pictures is the white, dusty smoke. The smoke that is on
the top left, surrounding the New York City shows not only the chaos, but the
40 bombs that harmed and threatened the Americans, essentially creating a
negative bias toward the immigrants. The smoke on the right, showing the open
end of the funnel shows the mess that is disturbing the peace in the United
States. People are unrecognizable and their bags are carelessly thrown in the
air. On the bottom right picture, however, the foreigners are patiently waiting
until it is their turn to be selected and meet the requirements before they are
allowed into the United States. There is no smoke on both ends of the funnel,
which represents peace, and people are recognizable, walking in an organized
order. This shows a logical reasoning as to why their immigration law should be
changed and to show that it is the most rational solution to the problem.
Evans
uses juxtaposition as well as appealing to logos in order to portray his
thought on the present immigration law. I think that the artist was successful
as I was able to understand what he was in favor of with just a little bit of
background information.
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