5 Political Cartoons+Analysis
This political cartoon shows 2 men buying a cup of coffee in a future where NDP would have won, and their plan of raising minimum wage would have become a reality. It is shown that the one cup of coffee is outrageously overpriced, which is the result of inflation from the NDP raising minimum wage up to $15 an hour from $10.25 an hour. This artist uses the price of the single cup of coffee to symbolize the inflation. Another example of symbolism that this artist used are the two men wondering about the effects of raising minimum rage to $15 an hour, which symbolizes the ignorance of the people voting for NDP. Also, the artist shows the irony about how raising the minimum wage seems to be helpful, and not have any negative effects on the economy, but in reality it will have a significant negative impact on the economy. The artist did a good job in communicating the desired message, which was made clear through effective labeling.
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This political cartoon shows two citizens of Canada talking about how Gilles Duceppe, the leader of the Bloc Quebecois, and how he seems to be the most sincere because the people voting are actually aware of what he wants to do-which is to have Quebec separated from the rest of Canada. This cartoon shows how the other party leaders are vague about what they will do if they win the election, and how their platforms are not really all that clear and easy to understand. The artist was clear in the message that he/she wanted to send about the party leaders in the election, and did a good job of sending that message.
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This political cartoon shows three birds pecking at a beaver ferociously. From left to right, the three birds symbolize Tom Mulcair (NDP), Stephen Harper (Conservative), and Justin Trudeau (Liberal), and the beaver represents Canada. The birds furiously pecking at the tired looking beaver symbolizes how the party leaders have been constantly advertising in an extremely aggressive manner and trying to get public support throughout this very long election. Also, the sentence "Only 28 days to go" reinforces the idea of how tired Canadian citizens are after having each party always trying to get their attention and to get them to vote for their party. The artist does a good job of clearly communicating the desired message through obvious symbolism and labeling.
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This political cartoon shows Stephen Harper and Tom Mulcair after the election results. The two party leaders looking beat up show how hard the Liberal's won in votes, and also the severity of the "injuries" symbolize how the Liberal's won so hard that they became majority government. In addition, the words that Tom speaks shows the phrase that other parties were using to attack Justin Trudeau, "Imagine if he had been ready." These words also symbolize how shocked the other party leaders were at the massive win of the Liberals. The artist of this cartoon did a good job of clearly communicating his message through the utilization of symbolism.
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This political cartoon shows Tom Mulcair, Stephen Harper, and Justin Trudeau (left to right) feeding birds with food labeled as different phobias. The "bird feed" symbolizes reasons to vote for the party leader, and that reason is clarified by the name on each bag of the"bird feed". The birds represent the citizens of Canada and their votes, and as seen, Justin is using the people's fear of Harper and him getting re-elected to get lots of votes compared to Tom using "Free Trade Phobia" and Stephen Harper using "Islam-O Phobia". This political cartoon not only shows the popularity of Justin Trudeau compared to the other candidates, but also shows why he is so popular, which is because he exploits a widespread fear to get people to vote for him. The reason why so many people are afraid of Stephen Harper being re-elected is because he has done not anything as Prime Minister lately, and he is not that good at coming up with solutions to current issues. The artist of this political cartoon does a good job of communicating the desired message through the utilization of some clever symbolism.
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