The meaning of this cartoon is probably that our economy is the can right now. DUH! The black backround most likely symbolizes a harsher type of situation, probably backing up the 1% in front of it. The white backround most likely symbolizes a nicer time, probably backing up the 99% in front of it. It's like the way we wear black to a funeral and white to a wedding. It could also be the other way around though, not sure? The cartoon most likely applies to logos because of a type of logic or fact it is trying to show the reader. Ethos and pathos it doesn't apply to so much.
The one percent is the rich, the wealthy that have more money then they know what to do with it. The other 99% is us, the normal United States citizens trying to make their American dreams come true as well. They may not be extremely poor, but they do not make as much money as the one Percent does. The cartoon is using logos, showing the readers that the majority of the national money and wealth is with 1% or the working class in America. While all the other wealth is with the other 99% of our nation.
This cartoon isn’t very hard to understand. The one percent has money bags, representing that only one percent of America is wealthy. The 99% has pennies, representing that the rest of America doesn’t make as much money. The author shows that the wealthy obviously don’t have money problems, and life is good for them. However, the rest of America is the exact opposite. Most Americans don’t have a lot of money. They are not necessarily poor; they just can’t spend money freely. They have to spend their money on a house, food, utilities, car, etc. Then maybe if they have enough money, they can spend it on whatever they want. The cartoon mainly shows logos. He’s just stating the facts on what America is like today. Most Americans do not have a lot of money. Only one percent of America is considered rich.
This cartoon is symbolizing the fact that our economy is going down into percentages that we may never be able to fix. The background is supposed to symbolize what our economy is (in the black) and what we want it to be (in the white). It appeals to pathos, because it brings strong emotions to our economy; it also uses logos because it shows that our economy is going into a deep dark hole we call debt.
The cartoon plays off of the Occupy Wall Street slogan 'We are the 99%', meaning that those occupying Wall Street are commoners for the commoners united against the greedy glutony of Wall Street. It also draws from 'A Tale of Two Cities', with it's famous opening line, and uses it to describe our society, where the rich are at ease but the poor suffer and barely make ends meet.
There is some slight ethos in this cartoon. The author quotes Charles Dickens, suggesting that he is rather well read and may know what he is talking about.
The artist also uses pathos, drawing on a sort of class warfare that is currently fueling the Occupy Wall Street movement. He nicely taps into this and utilizes current feelings to his advantage, using bags of money to represent the rich but mere pennies to symbolize the poor.
I don't see any logos. While the artist taps into a popular movement, he offers no supporting evidence for his argument, relying heavily on the emotional impact of his cartoon.
The cartoon is pretty straightforward, it is saying the wall street investors are greedy and undeservingly dominate the economy. The 1% that represents the wall street investors in the U.S. is written with money bags while the 99% representing the majority of U.S. citizens is written with pennies, clever. The "Tale of Two Cities" quote is just to clarify that this economic crisis is great for the wall street investors while it's hard on everybody else. I think he appeals to pathos because he offers an image based on his opinion that is meant to spark the emotions of the reader. I don't think he establishes any ethos or logos because he isn't offering facts as to why he thinks this and he isn't establishing any credibility.
The one percent is the richest one percent of America, who control the majority of the nations wealth, where the ninety-nine percent represents the rest of the United States. Because our State's economy is in such a state of turmoil the everyday citizen is in a constant struggle to make ends meet. On the flip side the rich and powerful have hardly been effected. They still live their lives in luxury, and make millions of dollars every year. The expression "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times" is a familiar one and therefore makes an appeal to pathos, simply by giving the reader some common ground. Appeals to Ethos are non-existent in this cartoon. An appeal to logos is in the cartoon itself, presented with the fraction 1/99 the reader could see this as a statement that Americas richest one percent control nearly ninety-nine percent of the wealth.
This cartoon has become, strangely, more realistic for me. This cartoon is obviously talking about the, "Occupy Wall Street," protest, and I must say the artist did a rather nice job at putting it in perspective. He uses logos in the sense that he uses new facts that are known by the general public about the 99th percentile vs. the 1st percentile. On the way back from the GCU trip, we passed the U of A, and all over one of the lawns, were tents lined up side by side. When I saw this I thought of how committed these people were to this cause. This being said, I feel that the artist effectively uses pathos. Many people are involved in this, and the tents at the U of A, only deepened this idea for me. I also think it appeals to pathos, in the sense that, people can relate to feeling like the less valuable "1st percentile" and the pennies. During US history we discussed how, approximately, 400 wealthy citizens control the US' money.That is unfair to the rest of us, especially because we don't have any say in this at all. Lastly I think this also appeals to ethos because people really can relate to this, especially with the effects it's having on income, jobs, and the economy. The meaning, I feel, is to enlighten people, and really show them some of the facts so that they in turn can base their own opinion off of them. Hopefully, they can look at all the facts and make a well judged decision.
This cartoon is a pictoral statement of the Occupy Walstreet protest. It depicts the 1% of america's wealthiest by using full money bags and the poorest 99% of America with pennies.
Our county's wealthiest men and women have a profound influence over our government and not to mention the economic inequality. While the 99% of Americans suffer the 1% rich hardly feel anything.
Ethos is appealed to greatly in this cartoon because the whole cartoon is just spitting out facts about the 1% rich and the 99% poor. while not as grealy applied pathos is use to invoke anger twards the rich 1% because they will not help the rest of the country out. finally logos which shows that the logical course of events will lead to more and more protests.
I think this cartoon is saying that the 1% is the wealthy part of the U.S. ant the 99% is the poor part. Like the colours in the background, our economy is black and white. Because, the wealthier part has somewhat control over the government. Making the poorer part suffer.
This would appeal to pathos because the 1% is the ones that are suffering from the 99% that have control in the government. The poor feel the great pain from the government while the wealthy are just sitting back relaxing in their mansions. This also appeals to ethos because the cartoon is saying that the 1% is better because of its big money bags while the 99% with its little copper pennies aren't that great. I don't see that much of logos in this cartoon.
Tatyanna Brown-Ibarra tbrown-ibarra@aoths.net to me
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The meaning of this cartoon is to say that most of our nation’s wealth rests with the rich one percent of the population while the other ninety-nine percent of the population either simply survives on their income or is poor. This stems from the Occupy Wall Street protesters slogan of “We are the 99%”. The rich get richer and live an easier life while the poor continue to get poorer and suffer because of it.
The cartoonist uses ethos in the way he draws directly from the Occupy Wall Street slogan of “We are the 99%” to show that he has some background information on the subject of the distribution of wealth in our nation. This can also be seen as an appeal to logos just as it is information needed to understand the issue of nation wealth and our economy. He then uses pathos in the fact that this information about wealth distribution is likely to anger most Americans who would fall into the ninety-nine percent category. This ignites class warfare in our nation as most people would see this as unfair and would want the distribution of wealth to change.
To fully understand what the cartoonist is trying to get across, one must first understand some things about the Occupy Wall Street movement, and their slogan, "We are the 99%." The 99% refers to the bottom 99% of society, which is comprised mostly of the poor and middle-class. Both of these groups have been suffering recently due to government cuts to programs that help them, and a decrease in the numbers of jobs (among other things.) The 1% refers to the minority in society that believes they are the majority, the wealthy people at the very top. He uses the Charles Dickens quote, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," to point out that the 1% are living it up and having the best of times (also shown by the moneybags in the percent sign), while nearly everyone else is living off only pennies.
I see a major appeal to ethos for two reasons. The first is that he is blatantly showing that he agrees with the Occupy movement and the rest of the 99%. This would likely make all of those people see the cartoonist as good and understanding of their cause. The other reason that ethos is seen is that he quotes "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens, which makes him seem well-read and therefore intelligent. Pathos is seen because he simply brings up the Occupy movement. There are heated debates and discussions about it; everybody has an opinion. If you even use the word "occupy," it can bring about some serious emotion. Logos is seen because he states these facts of logic themselves, that the 1% is doing much better than the 99%.
This cartoon describes the good and bad times of the United States economoy. Showing a dark 1% and a light 99%. This is most likely talking about the seperation of money in the US. The black represents debt, darkness, and the rich one percent of america who holds on to so much of our money. The 99% refers to the rest of americans who maintain only a small percentage of our nations income. This is shown because the percent signs have bags of dollars on the left and mere pennies on the right.
The author uses logos in the fact that he understands the current economic situation and the split between rich and poor.
Pathos is also represented by the fact most Americans fall into the lower percentage, so they can relate very well with this cartoon's representation of the economy in its current state.
This cartoon is explaining the current economic situation in the United States. The 1% with the money bags shows that only 1% of our nation is wealthy right now, and the 99% with the pennies shows that 99% of our nation is struggling with their finances.
The cartoon uses logos because it is giving us facts about how the nation's wealth is distributed. It also uses pathos because many Americans are struggling financially and can relate to the cartoon.
If you had ever read: 'A Tale of Two Cities' by Charles Dickens, you would know that his book took place before and during the French Revolution. Why does this matter? Well let me explain. First off Dickens based his legendary fictional novel off of the concept of Autocracy. Autocracy is defined as: a form of government in which a few elite citizens rule. Although the 1% is not directly represented by, as, or through the Government we still can apply this principle to the disparity between wealth in the land of equal opportunity.
The 1, and 99% percent can be represented in two ways. Firstly the one percent; we automatically perceive, and associate the 1% as the upper half of the Industrious America, and vice-versa when dealing with the 99 percent. Hold on now, can't this be represented in a whole new fashion? Say that 99% of this country's income is based off of this 1%, and that would mean that 1% of the national / fiscal income would be based off of the 99%?
Ethos, Logos, and Pathos where all established through this political depiction, though Dickens's quote: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times". Notice how; "It was the best of times..." Is located on the one percents half, and so this would also apply to: "... it was the worst of times..." aswell.
That priceless moment when you understand the political cartoon of the week? It's,well... priceless. Essentially, the pith of this portrayal is that the top 1% of salary earners in America make more money alone than the remaining 99% of us. The pennies in the percent sign show how little we make in comparison to the wealthy 1%. Not only does this elite class of workers have significant influence over us, but they have absolute power. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times indeed.
This cartoon appeals to ethos because it brings out strong emotions and shows you how unfair our economy is.
Our world is imperfect. Our world is petty sins and fading whims. But these imperfections are a necessary evil to this world. More specifically, the rich; the wealthiest one percent of the world, those whose tuxedos and red lipstick gently kiss reality goodbye. The rich run the world, and when we are a midst this terrific recession, they disappear. Gone and lost forever. As the cartoon acknowledges, the recession was the best of times for them. They're exploits during this recession has become an elephant in the room, one that refuses to leave. Shoot it, I say.
... Meanwhile, the poor -- which represents the majority of U.S. citizens -- are subsequently being drowned. The gap is too wide. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer. Once again, injustice prevails. This, the cartoon hints, is just plain wrong, dang it.
In no instances in this cartoon did I see any logos. After all, in no means was I at all persuaded by it. Why, there was no logic behind the cartoon. It’s merely observing the blatant facts surrounding gaps between the rich and the poor, and its effects on the recession. Facts are not persuaded.
There is, however, quite a pit of an emotional appeal. After all, I'm sure the majority of the author's audience remains secluded in the dusty depths of defined poorness, so we can relate to the absurdities surrounding the rich. Compared to the wealthy, we’re all poor. I’m poor, your poor, and your dog’s poor; we’re all poor.
Oh, and there’s a bit of ethos, too. See, there’s this shiny, black signature so happily drawn in the corner of the cartoon. I’m assuming that this signature represents an author well educated about the issue being portrayed. That’s me, though.
In the end, the greedy rich will always exist. Our world is imperfect. If you decide to give into the world’s romantic idealism, that’s great, but I’m going to be realistic. The concept of a perfect world is an illusion, a pipe dream, a hippie fantasy. There will always be the greedy, and there will always be the needy, and that will never change. This article doesn’t help anything.
The meaning of this cartoon is probably that our economy is the can right now. DUH!
ReplyDeleteThe black backround most likely symbolizes a harsher type of situation, probably backing up the 1% in front of it. The white backround most likely symbolizes a nicer time, probably backing up the 99% in front of it. It's like the way we wear black to a funeral and white to a wedding. It could also be the other way around though, not sure?
The cartoon most likely applies to logos because of a type of logic or fact it is trying to show the reader. Ethos and pathos it doesn't apply to so much.
The one percent is the rich, the wealthy that have more money then they know what to do with it. The other 99% is us, the normal United States citizens trying to make their American dreams come true as well. They may not be extremely poor, but they do not make as much money as the one Percent does.
ReplyDeleteThe cartoon is using logos, showing the readers that the majority of the national money and wealth is with 1% or the working class in America. While all the other wealth is with the other 99% of our nation.
Keifer, Coggin 11/7/11 11:20
This cartoon isn’t very hard to understand. The one percent has money bags, representing that only one percent of America is wealthy. The 99% has pennies, representing that the rest of America doesn’t make as much money. The author shows that the wealthy obviously don’t have money problems, and life is good for them. However, the rest of America is the exact opposite. Most Americans don’t have a lot of money. They are not necessarily poor; they just can’t spend money freely. They have to spend their money on a house, food, utilities, car, etc. Then maybe if they have enough money, they can spend it on whatever they want. The cartoon mainly shows logos. He’s just stating the facts on what America is like today. Most Americans do not have a lot of money. Only one percent of America is considered rich.
ReplyDeleteThis cartoon is symbolizing the fact that our economy is going down into percentages that we may never be able to fix. The background is supposed to symbolize what our economy is (in the black) and what we want it to be (in the white). It appeals to pathos, because it brings strong emotions to our economy; it also uses logos because it shows that our economy is going into a deep dark hole we call debt.
ReplyDeleteThe cartoon plays off of the Occupy Wall Street slogan 'We are the 99%', meaning that those occupying Wall Street are commoners for the commoners united against the greedy glutony of Wall Street. It also draws from 'A Tale of Two Cities', with it's famous opening line, and uses it to describe our society, where the rich are at ease but the poor suffer and barely make ends meet.
ReplyDeleteThere is some slight ethos in this cartoon. The author quotes Charles Dickens, suggesting that he is rather well read and may know what he is talking about.
The artist also uses pathos, drawing on a sort of class warfare that is currently fueling the Occupy Wall Street movement. He nicely taps into this and utilizes current feelings to his advantage, using bags of money to represent the rich but mere pennies to symbolize the poor.
I don't see any logos. While the artist taps into a popular movement, he offers no supporting evidence for his argument, relying heavily on the emotional impact of his cartoon.
The cartoon is pretty straightforward, it is saying the wall street investors are greedy and undeservingly dominate the economy. The 1% that represents the wall street investors in the U.S. is written with money bags while the 99% representing the majority of U.S. citizens is written with pennies, clever. The "Tale of Two Cities" quote is just to clarify that this economic crisis is great for the wall street investors while it's hard on everybody else. I think he appeals to pathos because he offers an image based on his opinion that is meant to spark the emotions of the reader. I don't think he establishes any ethos or logos because he isn't offering facts as to why he thinks this and he isn't establishing any credibility.
ReplyDeleteThe one percent is the richest one percent of America, who control the majority of the nations wealth, where the ninety-nine percent represents the rest of the United States.
ReplyDeleteBecause our State's economy is in such a state of turmoil the everyday citizen is in a constant struggle to make ends meet. On the flip side the rich and powerful have hardly been effected. They still live their lives in luxury, and make millions of dollars every year.
The expression "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times" is a familiar one and therefore makes an appeal to pathos, simply by giving the reader some common ground. Appeals to Ethos are non-existent in this cartoon. An appeal to logos is in the cartoon itself, presented with the fraction 1/99 the reader could see this as a statement that Americas richest one percent control nearly ninety-nine percent of the wealth.
This cartoon has become, strangely, more realistic for me. This cartoon is obviously talking about the, "Occupy Wall Street," protest, and I must say the artist did a rather nice job at putting it in perspective. He uses logos in the sense that he uses new facts that are known by the general public about the 99th percentile vs. the 1st percentile.
ReplyDeleteOn the way back from the GCU trip, we passed the U of A, and all over one of the lawns, were tents lined up side by side. When I saw this I thought of how committed these people were to this cause. This being said, I feel that the artist effectively uses pathos. Many people are involved in this, and the tents at the U of A, only deepened this idea for me.
I also think it appeals to pathos, in the sense that, people can relate to feeling like the less valuable "1st percentile" and the pennies. During US history we discussed how, approximately, 400 wealthy citizens control the US' money.That is unfair to the rest of us, especially because we don't have any say in this at all.
Lastly I think this also appeals to ethos because people really can relate to this, especially with the effects it's having on income, jobs, and the economy.
The meaning, I feel, is to enlighten people, and really show them some of the facts so that they in turn can base their own opinion off of them. Hopefully, they can look at all the facts and make a well judged decision.
This cartoon is a pictoral statement of the Occupy Walstreet protest. It depicts the 1% of america's wealthiest by using full money bags and the poorest 99% of America with pennies.
ReplyDeleteOur county's wealthiest men and women have a profound influence over our government and not to mention the economic inequality. While the 99% of Americans suffer the 1% rich hardly feel anything.
Ethos is appealed to greatly in this cartoon because the whole cartoon is just spitting out facts about the 1% rich and the 99% poor. while not as grealy applied pathos is use to invoke anger twards the rich 1% because they will not help the rest of the country out. finally logos which shows that the logical course of events will lead to more and more protests.
I think this cartoon is saying that the 1% is the wealthy part of the U.S. ant the 99% is the poor part. Like the colours in the background, our economy is black and white. Because, the wealthier part has somewhat control over the government. Making the poorer part suffer.
ReplyDeleteThis would appeal to pathos because the 1% is the ones that are suffering from the 99% that have control in the government. The poor feel the great pain from the government while the wealthy are just sitting back relaxing in their mansions. This also appeals to ethos because the cartoon is saying that the 1% is better because of its big money bags while the 99% with its little copper pennies aren't that great. I don't see that much of logos in this cartoon.
Tatyanna Brown-Ibarra tbrown-ibarra@aoths.net to me
ReplyDeleteshow details 9:19 PM (10 hours ago)
The meaning of this cartoon is to say that most of our nation’s wealth rests with the rich one percent of the population while the other ninety-nine percent of the population either simply survives on their income or is poor. This stems from the Occupy Wall Street protesters slogan of “We are the 99%”. The rich get richer and live an easier life while the poor continue to get poorer and suffer because of it.
The cartoonist uses ethos in the way he draws directly from the Occupy Wall Street slogan of “We are the 99%” to show that he has some background information on the subject of the distribution of wealth in our nation. This can also be seen as an appeal to logos just as it is information needed to understand the issue of nation wealth and our economy. He then uses pathos in the fact that this information about wealth distribution is likely to anger most Americans who would fall into the ninety-nine percent category. This ignites class warfare in our nation as most people would see this as unfair and would want the distribution of wealth to change.
To fully understand what the cartoonist is trying to get across, one must first understand some things about the Occupy Wall Street movement, and their slogan, "We are the 99%." The 99% refers to the bottom 99% of society, which is comprised mostly of the poor and middle-class. Both of these groups have been suffering recently due to government cuts to programs that help them, and a decrease in the numbers of jobs (among other things.) The 1% refers to the minority in society that believes they are the majority, the wealthy people at the very top. He uses the Charles Dickens quote, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," to point out that the 1% are living it up and having the best of times (also shown by the moneybags in the percent sign), while nearly everyone else is living off only pennies.
ReplyDeleteI see a major appeal to ethos for two reasons. The first is that he is blatantly showing that he agrees with the Occupy movement and the rest of the 99%. This would likely make all of those people see the cartoonist as good and understanding of their cause. The other reason that ethos is seen is that he quotes "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens, which makes him seem well-read and therefore intelligent. Pathos is seen because he simply brings up the Occupy movement. There are heated debates and discussions about it; everybody has an opinion. If you even use the word "occupy," it can bring about some serious emotion. Logos is seen because he states these facts of logic themselves, that the 1% is doing much better than the 99%.
This cartoon describes the good and bad times of the United States economoy. Showing a dark 1% and a light 99%. This is most likely talking about the seperation of money in the US. The black represents debt, darkness, and the rich one percent of america who holds on to so much of our money. The 99% refers to the rest of americans who maintain only a small percentage of our nations income. This is shown because the percent signs have bags of dollars on the left and mere pennies on the right.
ReplyDeleteThe author uses logos in the fact that he understands the current economic situation and the split between rich and poor.
Pathos is also represented by the fact most Americans fall into the lower percentage, so they can relate very well with this cartoon's representation of the economy in its current state.
This cartoon is explaining the current economic situation in the United States. The 1% with the money bags shows that only 1% of our nation is wealthy right now, and the 99% with the pennies shows that 99% of our nation is struggling with their finances.
ReplyDeleteThe cartoon uses logos because it is giving us facts about how the nation's wealth is distributed. It also uses pathos because many Americans are struggling financially and can relate to the cartoon.
If you had ever read: 'A Tale of Two Cities' by Charles Dickens, you would know that his book took place before and during the French Revolution. Why does this matter? Well let me explain. First off Dickens based his legendary fictional novel off of the concept of Autocracy. Autocracy is defined as: a form of government in which a few elite citizens rule. Although the 1% is not directly represented by, as, or through the Government we still can apply this principle to the disparity between wealth in the land of equal opportunity.
ReplyDeleteThe 1, and 99% percent can be represented in two ways. Firstly the one percent; we automatically perceive, and associate the 1% as the upper half of the Industrious America, and vice-versa when dealing with the 99 percent. Hold on now, can't this be represented in a whole new fashion? Say that 99% of this country's income is based off of this 1%, and that would mean that 1% of the national / fiscal income would be based off of the 99%?
Ethos, Logos, and Pathos where all established through this political depiction, though Dickens's quote: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times". Notice how; "It was the best of times..." Is located on the one percents half, and so this would also apply to: "... it was the worst of times..." aswell.
That priceless moment when you understand the political cartoon of the week? It's,well... priceless. Essentially, the pith of this portrayal is that the top 1% of salary earners in America make more money alone than the remaining 99% of us. The pennies in the percent sign show how little we make in comparison to the wealthy 1%. Not only does this elite class of workers have significant influence over us, but they have absolute power. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times indeed.
ReplyDeleteThis cartoon appeals to ethos because it brings out strong emotions and shows you how unfair our economy is.
Our world is imperfect. Our world is petty sins and fading whims. But these imperfections are a necessary evil to this world. More specifically, the rich; the wealthiest one percent of the world, those whose tuxedos and red lipstick
ReplyDeletegently kiss reality goodbye. The rich run the world, and when we are a midst this terrific recession, they disappear. Gone and lost forever. As the cartoon acknowledges, the recession was the best of times for them. They're exploits during this recession has become an elephant in the room, one that refuses to leave. Shoot it, I say.
... Meanwhile, the poor -- which represents the majority of U.S. citizens -- are subsequently being drowned. The gap is too wide. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer. Once again, injustice prevails. This, the cartoon hints, is just plain wrong, dang it.
In no instances in this cartoon did I see any logos. After all, in no means was I at all persuaded by it. Why, there was no logic behind the cartoon. It’s merely observing the blatant facts surrounding gaps between the rich and the poor, and its effects on the recession. Facts are not persuaded.
There is, however, quite a pit of an emotional appeal. After all, I'm sure the majority of the author's audience remains secluded in the dusty depths of defined poorness, so we can relate to the absurdities surrounding the rich. Compared to the wealthy, we’re all poor. I’m poor, your poor, and your dog’s poor; we’re all poor.
Oh, and there’s a bit of ethos, too. See, there’s this shiny, black signature so happily drawn in the corner of the cartoon. I’m assuming that this signature represents an author well educated about the issue being portrayed. That’s me, though.
In the end, the greedy rich will always exist. Our world is imperfect. If you decide to give into the world’s romantic idealism, that’s great, but I’m going to be realistic. The concept of a perfect world is an illusion, a pipe dream, a hippie fantasy. There will always be the greedy, and there will always be the needy, and that will never change. This article doesn’t help anything.