The subject of this cartoon is that cuts made by the federal government to bail itself out is hurting anyone who wants to keep or get a job. They're saying that whomever is making cuts in spending is hurting the job market. Their intended audience is most likely those who face the challenge of job hunting in our present economy or those who could potentially face that difficulty in the nearby future. This will attempt to gain their support by showing that those against cuts are for keeping jobs and helping low-earning families.
Primarily, the cartoon appeals to pathos. It shows how average citizens are being used to take the brunt of our government's problems and that the government is willing to let us drown to save themselves. The fact that this cartoon uses mostly pathos shows a great deal of wisdom. Studies for politicians to use show that ninety percent of constituents vote on a purely emotional level, usually about one topic. If a politian can discover a constituents particular emotional issue, they can usually secure a vote. The sketch also appeals to logos, showing a systm of economics where spending is seen as a bolster to the economy. The more spending you do, according to this economic plan, the more money you pump into the economy and let it soar. You could also say that the cartoon addresses ethos, implying that the author of this cartoon is for the common people and against whoever would want to harm them, therefore saying that the artist is trustworthy since they have everyone else's best interst in mind.
I think that this cartoon is really trying to make a statement about the job market of today. In boat number one, we have our own government (which is supposed to be "by and for the people,") throwing massive cuts into the job market. Because employers are having resources cut off by the government, it becomes a constraint for both the employers and the common people who wish to obtain employment. In the second boat, you have Average Joe, who is doing everything he can to bail himself out of his sinking ship. He cannot get a job, even if he is qualified, due to the massive government cuts.
I would say that this cartoon most definitely appeals to pathos. It makes you feel sorry for the average person, and feel as though he is being wronged by our government due to cuts in the job market. In the same statement, it can be an appeal to ethos for many. I feel as though the artist is making this statement to make people feel sorry for average citizens, as well as relate to them. The breadwinner of my family is a state worker and all state workers at this time are feeling the crunch of budget cuts. Many people work for, or have family members who work a job that cuts have affected. Other people cannot get a job due to the cuts. Those people could definitely relate to the cartoon, as well as relate to the artist.
After carefully analyzing this cartoon, I must say that I believe that this cartoon is addressing our country's most recent economic predicament. Uncle Sam almost always symbolizes the United States government, so in this situation the artist is saying that the Government's decision to make cuts is proving detrimental for workers. The government is combating a sinking ship due to our steadily rising debt problems and in order to get more money they make "cuts" that cause workers to begin to drown in a pool of joblessness. I think this article is a cry to those who are suffering do to our Government's most recent choice of action. The artist appeals to ethos in the sense that they use the information about what has truly been going on showing something that many jobless can relate to illustrating that they are trustworthy. They also appeal to logos because they are being very blunt and clear about their point. They get their point across very well! Lastly, I think that the artists main focus was pathos. This cartoon inflicts multiple emotions. It evokes anger in the sense that people will agree that it is unfair for us to have to pay the consequences for our Governments poor budget choices. It also appeals to pity: people are suffering financially because of the governments cuts. I must say that I found this cartoon very intriguing and I believe the artist did an impressive job at illustrating their point.
After careful evaluation of this cartoon I have come to the conclusion that due to the cuts from Uncle Sam, A.K.A. our government, the average businessman is beginning to metaphorically take on water and just as any sensible person in a pinch we try to do anything we can to save ourselves from impending doom or joblessness.
This cartoon appeals to pathos in the sense that the artist is trying to invoke emotions of anger towards the government for dumping their issues on to us, in an attempt to save itself from sinking under the pressure. Ethos is also used when you look at the statistics of what this cartoon is based off of and the cartoon isn't too far off of those. finally logos is applied when you take the time to think about what you would do if you were in the same position, and if you look carefully you can see that the job market is also pushing the troubles on to whoever is below them.
The subject of this political cartoon is how the U.S. keeps making cuts and then it's affecting the job market. Supposedly, the U.S. is trying to make more jobs, but with all of the cuts they are making, people keep losing their jobs. It's saying that the government is putting down the common man to save itself. The intended audience is U.S. citizens of both good ol' fashioned citizens and huge government officials. The appeal that I see used the most is pathos. The U.S. government is having no shame just dumping it's problems on the average American struggling with his job. The guy in the job boat has a very worried look on his face. It's a classic case of the man keeping us down. I also think that the artist uses ethos because it looks like he's focussing on the feelings of the common American and he's showing the average American, what most of the audience looking at this cartoon is, that he is on their side.
What stood out to me about this cartoon are the boats. I noticed that not only is the government boat bigger than the other, but also the government has oars. To me, this show the government has control of what they’re doing, whereas the people who want jobs do not. To save money and get out of debt, the government is making budget cuts. Even though this sounded like a good idea, it is really affecting others in a bad way. Before, it was pretty hard to find a job. And now it’s even harder, especially for teenagers and elderly people. People are trying really hard to find jobs and to live without government support. But with all these cuts, it’s hard not to rely on the government. I think the intended audience is people that are looking for jobs. I know many of my friends wonder why it’s so hard for them to find a job. After seeing this cartoon, I realize what the problem is, and other people will too.
I think this cartoon shows both pathos and ethos. It shows pathos because it is basically trying to make you feel bad about people trying to get jobs, and change what’s happening. I feel like this cartoon is trying to get people to go against the government, and try to change America’s plan of budget cuts. This cartoon is ethos because the illustrator is trying to show honestly. Most people, like me, didn’t know that the budget cuts were affecting our employment rates. I feel that when people see what’s happening, they will go against budget cuts. Instead of people trying really hard to get jobs, it will be much easier.
I think this cartoon is showing how the government is basically drowing out the wroking community and the workers, making it incredibly hard to find a job and actually work to pay bills. The audience is the workers and their employers. As well as those that are either just getting out of high school, college, or almost anything. It is saying that the economy is going down so get a job, if you can, and hold on to it for dear life.
I believe that this cartoon appeals to pathos, because it makes people not only mad at the government, but is opening their eyes to the fact that many poeple are losing their jobs. In a way it's making people feel bad for those who have lost their jobs and probably will lose their jobs in the near future due to cuts. It also appeals to ethos and logos because it is not only showing what's going on and what our government has decided to do with our jobs but it gets his/her point across, the economy is falling, faster than the government is willing to let on.
Whether or not it’s obvious, the U.S. government will, and always will be the harbinger of doom. Yes -- the political ineptitude of our very own government is cursed to harvest frequent amounts of income deduction, market failures, and underpaid employees wrought by taxes. This cartoon is yet another reminder that “economic assistance” brought upon by the government is not always as innocent as it may seem, despite media portrayal.
It was a hot August day in Washington D.C. as President Obama officially announced a 2.4 trillion dollar spending cut on our country. Promises were made; hands were shook, yet the dark cloud of doubt still gazed over us. People wondered where these cuts would be made. Surely this money wouldn’t come from their own wallets, would it?
This cartoon emphasizes the government as its subject, carelessly spilling the proposed spending cuts onto our own job market. As you can see, it is a vicious cycle being caused, and it’s the own working class citizens of our country saving everyone from the inevitable brinks of disaster.
The intended audience of this cartoon is the workforce. While we slave our meaningless lives away, the government laughs, dropping cuts on us like Al Capone and the mafia. Instead of doing something about their own spending, government regrettably decides to cut spending on us: the American people.
This cartoon appeals to both Pathos and logos. You see, it intends to make a stand on poor governmental decisions by stirring anger and rage around your mind like crushed ice in a blender. It makes it known that we got the wrong end of the debt plan.
The cartoon applies Logos by using simple visual reasoning. A debt plan such that the cartoon portrays can be confusing to most, but it puts everything into factual perspective, thus appealing to Logos.
In the end, the government simply made a house of cards with their wild spending cuts. On the cusp of yet another economic meltdown, I am sincerely glad that they are the ones knocking it down.
I think this cartoon subject is about the government putting cuts on the people who keep their jobs or job hunting. The government wants to throw bunches and bunches of cuts to jobs. And not really giving a hoot what happens. The attended audiences are people job hunting or keeping their jobs. The warn them of the governments cuts and to beware of what the government might throw at them.
I believe this cartoon is appealing to pathos and logos. Pathos because the government wants to pull the strings and add cuts to the jobs. To show the job hunters and job keepers to watch their backs. The government is playing with their strings, saying that they have the option of keeping, losing or give up their jobs. Logos because the government is trying to reason with them by saying that they can keep their job but they'll be thrown a lot of cuts. That they are the alphas and job people are there to serve them.
After much contemplating, I've decided that this political cartoon is right on cue. Typical "Uncle Sam", is throwing his end of the deal out the door, drowning his spending cuts into our very own job market that is America. Only looking out for himself of course, dear old Sam will do and has done whatever he can to bail himself out of this one. While the rest of us are flailing our arms around, struggling to keep our boat afloat and make a decent living, jobs are being cut left and right. It's an endless cycle, almost.
The intended audience ought to be the working class, or the workforce in general. Appealing to ehtos mostly, this cartoon goes far below the surface and uncovers the deep enigma that is supposedly "the land of opportunity". It aims to show the government in a bad light, and causes us to feel betrayed, enraged and willing to do almost anything to not plunge into the deathly waters of joblessness.
This catoon shows Uncle Sam, as the American goverment, trying desperatly to empty his boat of water, or cut spending to reduce debt. However as he does this he is throwing the burden of debt into the job market. That is, as the American goverment reduces funding in certain areas they are eliminating jobs, causing the boat or market to go under.
The audience that this cartoon appeals to is the middle class blue collar citizens who have to contend with a failing job market while keeping themselves afloat. The image of uncle sam is an appeal to ethos, many people recognize him as a symbol of the U.S. The appeal to pathos comes with the look of desperation and urgency etched onto the face of the man in the jobs boat, the U.S citizens.
After thinking it through, I came to the conclusion that the cartoon is trying to express how the government has gotten themselves into a problem, and they can't get out. So, in order to save their own skins the throw their problems onto the American people. In a nutshell, we are being used as a crutch to support our governments injuries.
I think the cartoon relies heavily on the use of Pathos. It tries to invoke anger amongst US citizens, showing how our govenment is letting us fall while they stay on top. As citizens of the United states, we elect government officials to give us aid, not throw us under the bus, or in this case, smother and drown us in their failures. The author made a wise choice by using Pathos, because frankly, no one wants to take the fall when someone else can't hold up their end of a deal.
Well, obviously we have a rapscallion in the United States government. Uncle Sam is used to represent the United States government and how the budget cuts are only hurting the American people and not the government at all. The intended audience is the citizens of the United states, specifically those who are uninformed of how the government is deciding on whose budgets to cut. Budget cuts include over $450 million from Medicare/Medicaid, social security, and the 2010 health care law. I think the cartoon is appealing to pathos more than anything else because the artist isn't providing cold hard facts on why he thinks the way he thinks, but instead offers a visual representation on his perspective of the subject. He depicts Uncle Sam as a guy doing something to his own benefit at the expense of others, his intent is to make people say "Wow that's messed up, the government shouldn't be doing that." He does establish some logos as well because he is a political cartoonist. The viewer often assumes that because the artist has an outspoken political opinion they must be well educated on the subject. Overall I think the cartoon gets its point across very well.
I think we often times associate the words: "Budget cut" with positive news. When the media boasts about: "Reducing the budget by millions and millions of dollars", we don't really correlated cutting the budget with job reduction. The governments 'plan' to lower the national debt isn't really a plan to begin with. Think about this, if we cut Tucson’s educational budget and The Academy of Tucson's staff as whole loses their jobs, what happens from there? Do the Teachers continue living life as if nothing has happened? As if nothing has intermingled with their ability to sustain themselves along with their family's needs? No, they have to keep living, they have to search for means to survive, but they can't be too sure. What if you find yourself a stable job, you can sustain your personal needs as well as your family's needs, who's to say the next budget cut won't concern your new field of work?
In my opinion this Political Depiction is quintessentially centered around Logos, when first glancing at this Political Cartoon the observational eye might inquire why there is water in 'Uncle Sams' boat. Why is the boat leaking? There has to be a hole, an opaque hole. It's like we're glaring at the tip of the ice-berg.
On the other hand this Cartoon also appeals to Pathos. How so? You can tell by looking at the man in the jobs boat. The expression on his face reveals that he is mortified. Mortified and confused because... "Weren't the budget cuts, supposed to have a positive outcome on society? Wasn’t this whole effort to stimulation the economy?”
The Authors intended audience for this cartoon, centralized around those who are well informed about the national debt, and job market crisis. Around the working / middle classes of the industrial titan; America.
The government is trying to "keep afloat" during this time of struggle, but keeps loading more problems into the hands of the job market. Therefore making the job market work twice as hard as it probably needed to in the first place. The bucket in sam's hand represents cuts, and one would asume that its cuts for the job market. Also there is an oar on the governments "boat", and not on the jobs "boat" making me think when the governments done emptying hia boat he will leave the job with out any help.
I seem to see mostly pathos, and logos. Not so much of ethos. Pathos is mostly in the guys facial expression while in the jobs boat. You see a facial expression of sorrow and pitty on the guys face. Having trouble witnessing the fact the government not only is not helping, but making him work twice as hard. Its just shows who you can trust when your in trouble l, even in the same mess together, the government is narcissusistic, only caring for its own needs.
Logos in showing the trouble the nation is, trying to stay afloat. The amount of trouble in the sinking boats and can only take it one bucket at a time. Sence the government is placing all of its water into the jobs boat, it can show you which one has a harder time during this troubling time.
The government (or Uncle Sam) is attempting to bail itself out. By doing that, they are only dumping more cuts onto our jobs. While the American citizens are trying to prevent their boat from sinking, the government isn’t helping. Even though both boats are filling with water, and sinking, the government boat is only saving theirs. The audience is both for the average citizen or employer and for the big wigs in government.
The general idea relates to logos, because the idea is clear. It shows an example of what the government is doing to the jobs department. Mostly the cartoon appeals to pathos because it wants you to feel sad for the average person. Jobs are suffering, and what the government is doing (creating more cuts) is supposed to scare you into believing we are sinking. Ethos is showed because the artist is obviously "for" the people, so you are led to believe he is trustworthy, and not against us.
The subject of the cartoon is cuts made our federal government to help bail itself out of trouble being dumped on anyone trying to keep or search for a job. The cuts made by the federal government are hurting the job market and therefore it is also causing harm to anyone fighting to maintain their job or looking for a job. The government cuts are causing the job market to be a sinking ship that is in dire need of help. The intended audience is anyone who faces problems due to the government cuts. Anyone job hunting in our current economic situation or those who may soon be added to that group of people is targeted by this cartoon. The cartoon mainly appeals to pathos. It demonstrates how average Americans must burden problems brought on by the government and how the government is more than willing to let us drown in their problems to save itself. It also bolsters Americans to feel sorry for those who face problems because of the sinking job market. It also wants citizens to feel angry at the fact that we, as Americans, are being sacrificed in order to save our government which is meant to help us. The cartoon also appeals to ethos as the cartoonist shows through his artwork that he is for those facing problems due to the cuts and against those who are making the cuts which helps show his trustworthiness and gets his audience to believe in him. The appeal to logos came in the form that the cartoon’s point comes across clearly and the sequence of events that is started by the government is logically put together by the cartoonist.
I think this cartoon is trying to say that US is making budget cuts that are effecting the job grown and making the job market closer to sinking while relieving the stress off of the economy. The intended audience is people who think making deep budget cuts will fix the economy, so it is meant for republicans. This article appeals to pathos, because it is trying to get an emotional responce out of people who don't have a job and is trying to direct their blame to the budget cuts
The subject of this cartoon is that cuts made by the federal government to bail itself out is hurting anyone who wants to keep or get a job. They're saying that whomever is making cuts in spending is hurting the job market. Their intended audience is most likely those who face the challenge of job hunting in our present economy or those who could potentially face that difficulty in the nearby future. This will attempt to gain their support by showing that those against cuts are for keeping jobs and helping low-earning families.
ReplyDeletePrimarily, the cartoon appeals to pathos. It shows how average citizens are being used to take the brunt of our government's problems and that the government is willing to let us drown to save themselves. The fact that this cartoon uses mostly pathos shows a great deal of wisdom. Studies for politicians to use show that ninety percent of constituents vote on a purely emotional level, usually about one topic. If a politian can discover a constituents particular emotional issue, they can usually secure a vote. The sketch also appeals to logos, showing a systm of economics where spending is seen as a bolster to the economy. The more spending you do, according to this economic plan, the more money you pump into the economy and let it soar. You could also say that the cartoon addresses ethos, implying that the author of this cartoon is for the common people and against whoever would want to harm them, therefore saying that the artist is trustworthy since they have everyone else's best interst in mind.
I think that this cartoon is really trying to make a statement about the job market of today. In boat number one, we have our own government (which is supposed to be "by and for the people,") throwing massive cuts into the job market. Because employers are having resources cut off by the government, it becomes a constraint for both the employers and the common people who wish to obtain employment. In the second boat, you have Average Joe, who is doing everything he can to bail himself out of his sinking ship. He cannot get a job, even if he is qualified, due to the massive government cuts.
ReplyDeleteI would say that this cartoon most definitely appeals to pathos. It makes you feel sorry for the average person, and feel as though he is being wronged by our government due to cuts in the job market. In the same statement, it can be an appeal to ethos for many. I feel as though the artist is making this statement to make people feel sorry for average citizens, as well as relate to them. The breadwinner of my family is a state worker and all state workers at this time are feeling the crunch of budget cuts. Many people work for, or have family members who work a job that cuts have affected. Other people cannot get a job due to the cuts. Those people could definitely relate to the cartoon, as well as relate to the artist.
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ReplyDeleteAfter carefully analyzing this cartoon, I must say that I believe that this cartoon is addressing our country's most recent economic predicament. Uncle Sam almost always symbolizes the United States government, so in this situation the artist is saying that the Government's decision to make cuts is proving detrimental for workers. The government is combating a sinking ship due to our steadily rising debt problems and in order to get more money they make "cuts" that cause workers to begin to drown in a pool of joblessness.
ReplyDeleteI think this article is a cry to those who are suffering do to our Government's most recent choice of action. The artist appeals to ethos in the sense that they use the information about what has truly been going on showing something that many jobless can relate to illustrating that they are trustworthy. They also appeal to logos because they are being very blunt and clear about their point. They get their point across very well! Lastly, I think that the artists main focus was pathos. This cartoon inflicts multiple emotions. It evokes anger in the sense that people will agree that it is unfair for us to have to pay the consequences for our Governments poor budget choices. It also appeals to pity: people are suffering financially because of the governments cuts. I must say that I found this cartoon very intriguing and I believe the artist did an impressive job at illustrating their point.
After careful evaluation of this cartoon I have come to the conclusion that due to the cuts from Uncle Sam, A.K.A. our government, the average businessman is beginning to metaphorically take on water and just as any sensible person in a pinch we try to do anything we can to save ourselves from impending doom or joblessness.
ReplyDeleteThis cartoon appeals to pathos in the sense that the artist is trying to invoke emotions of anger towards the government for dumping their issues on to us, in an attempt to save itself from sinking under the pressure. Ethos is also used when you look at the statistics of what this cartoon is based off of and the cartoon isn't too far off of those. finally logos is applied when you take the time to think about what you would do if you were in the same position, and if you look carefully you can see that the job market is also pushing the troubles on to whoever is below them.
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ReplyDeleteThe subject of this political cartoon is how the U.S. keeps making cuts and then it's affecting the job market. Supposedly, the U.S. is trying to make more jobs, but with all of the cuts they are making, people keep losing their jobs. It's saying that the government is putting down the common man to save itself. The intended audience is U.S. citizens of both good ol' fashioned citizens and huge government officials. The appeal that I see used the most is pathos. The U.S. government is having no shame just dumping it's problems on the average American struggling with his job. The guy in the job boat has a very worried look on his face. It's a classic case of the man keeping us down. I also think that the artist uses ethos because it looks like he's focussing on the feelings of the common American and he's showing the average American, what most of the audience looking at this cartoon is, that he is on their side.
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ReplyDeleteWhat stood out to me about this cartoon are the boats. I noticed that not only is the government boat bigger than the other, but also the government has oars. To me, this show the government has control of what they’re doing, whereas the people who want jobs do not. To save money and get out of debt, the government is making budget cuts. Even though this sounded like a good idea, it is really affecting others in a bad way. Before, it was pretty hard to find a job. And now it’s even harder, especially for teenagers and elderly people. People are trying really hard to find jobs and to live without government support. But with all these cuts, it’s hard not to rely on the government. I think the intended audience is people that are looking for jobs. I know many of my friends wonder why it’s so hard for them to find a job. After seeing this cartoon, I realize what the problem is, and other people will too.
ReplyDeleteI think this cartoon shows both pathos and ethos. It shows pathos because it is basically trying to make you feel bad about people trying to get jobs, and change what’s happening. I feel like this cartoon is trying to get people to go against the government, and try to change America’s plan of budget cuts. This cartoon is ethos because the illustrator is trying to show honestly. Most people, like me, didn’t know that the budget cuts were affecting our employment rates. I feel that when people see what’s happening, they will go against budget cuts. Instead of people trying really hard to get jobs, it will be much easier.
I think this cartoon is showing how the government is basically drowing out the wroking community and the workers, making it incredibly hard to find a job and actually work to pay bills. The audience is the workers and their employers. As well as those that are either just getting out of high school, college, or almost anything. It is saying that the economy is going down so get a job, if you can, and hold on to it for dear life.
ReplyDeleteI believe that this cartoon appeals to pathos, because it makes people not only mad at the government, but is opening their eyes to the fact that many poeple are losing their jobs. In a way it's making people feel bad for those who have lost their jobs and probably will lose their jobs in the near future due to cuts. It also appeals to ethos and logos because it is not only showing what's going on and what our government has decided to do with our jobs but it gets his/her point across, the economy is falling, faster than the government is willing to let on.
Whether or not it’s obvious, the U.S. government will, and always will be the harbinger of doom. Yes -- the political ineptitude of our very own government is cursed to harvest frequent amounts of income deduction, market failures, and underpaid employees wrought by taxes. This cartoon is yet another reminder that “economic assistance” brought upon by the government is not always as innocent as it may seem, despite media portrayal.
ReplyDeleteIt was a hot August day in Washington D.C. as President Obama officially announced a 2.4 trillion dollar spending cut on our country. Promises were made; hands were shook, yet the dark cloud of doubt still gazed over us. People wondered where these cuts would be made. Surely this money wouldn’t come from their own wallets, would it?
This cartoon emphasizes the government as its subject, carelessly spilling the proposed spending cuts onto our own job market. As you can see, it is a vicious cycle being caused, and it’s the own working class citizens of our country saving everyone from the inevitable brinks of disaster.
The intended audience of this cartoon is the workforce. While we slave our meaningless lives away, the government laughs, dropping cuts on us like Al Capone and the mafia. Instead of doing something about their own spending, government regrettably decides to cut spending on us: the American people.
This cartoon appeals to both Pathos and logos. You see, it intends to make a stand on poor governmental decisions by stirring anger and rage around your mind like crushed ice in a blender. It makes it known that we got the wrong end of the debt plan.
The cartoon applies Logos by using simple visual reasoning. A debt plan such that the cartoon portrays can be confusing to most, but it puts everything into factual perspective, thus appealing to Logos.
In the end, the government simply made a house of cards with their wild spending cuts. On the cusp of yet another economic meltdown, I am sincerely glad that they are the ones knocking it down.
I think this cartoon subject is about the government putting cuts on the people who keep their jobs or job hunting. The government wants to throw bunches and bunches of cuts to jobs. And not really giving a hoot what happens. The attended audiences are people job hunting or keeping their jobs. The warn them of the governments cuts and to beware of what the government might throw at them.
ReplyDeleteI believe this cartoon is appealing to pathos and logos. Pathos because the government wants to pull the strings and add cuts to the jobs. To show the job hunters and job keepers to watch their backs. The government is playing with their strings, saying that they have the option of keeping, losing or give up their jobs. Logos because the government is trying to reason with them by saying that they can keep their job but they'll be thrown a lot of cuts. That they are the alphas and job people are there to serve them.
After much contemplating, I've decided that this political cartoon is right on cue. Typical "Uncle Sam", is throwing his end of the deal out the door, drowning his spending cuts into our very own job market that is America. Only looking out for himself of course, dear old Sam will do and has done whatever he can to bail himself out of this one. While the rest of us are flailing our arms around, struggling to keep our boat afloat and make a decent living, jobs are being cut left and right. It's an endless cycle, almost.
ReplyDeleteThe intended audience ought to be the working class, or the workforce in general. Appealing to ehtos mostly, this cartoon goes far below the surface and uncovers the deep enigma that is supposedly "the land of opportunity". It aims to show the government in a bad light, and causes us to feel betrayed, enraged and willing to do almost anything to not plunge into the deathly waters of joblessness.
This catoon shows Uncle Sam, as the American goverment, trying desperatly to empty his boat of water, or cut spending to reduce debt. However as he does this he is throwing the burden of debt into the job market. That is, as the American goverment reduces funding in certain areas they are eliminating jobs, causing the boat or market to go under.
ReplyDeleteThe audience that this cartoon appeals to is the middle class blue collar citizens who have to contend with a failing job market while keeping themselves afloat.
The image of uncle sam is an appeal to ethos, many people recognize him as a symbol of the U.S.
The appeal to pathos comes with the look of desperation and urgency etched onto the face of the man in the jobs boat, the U.S citizens.
After thinking it through, I came to the conclusion that the cartoon is trying to express how the government has gotten themselves into a problem, and they can't get out. So, in order to save their own skins the throw their problems onto the American people. In a nutshell, we are being used as a crutch to support our governments injuries.
ReplyDeleteI think the cartoon relies heavily on the use of Pathos. It tries to invoke anger amongst US citizens, showing how our govenment is letting us fall while they stay on top. As citizens of the United states, we elect government officials to give us aid, not throw us under the bus, or in this case, smother and drown us in their failures. The author made a wise choice by using Pathos, because frankly, no one wants to take the fall when someone else can't hold up their end of a deal.
Well, obviously we have a rapscallion in the United States government. Uncle Sam is used to represent the United States government and how the budget cuts are only hurting the American people and not the government at all. The intended audience is the citizens of the United states, specifically those who are uninformed of how the government is deciding on whose budgets to cut. Budget cuts include over $450 million from Medicare/Medicaid, social security, and the 2010 health care law. I think the cartoon is appealing to pathos more than anything else because the artist isn't providing cold hard facts on why he thinks the way he thinks, but instead offers a visual representation on his perspective of the subject. He depicts Uncle Sam as a guy doing something to his own benefit at the expense of others, his intent is to make people say "Wow that's messed up, the government shouldn't be doing that." He does establish some logos as well because he is a political cartoonist. The viewer often assumes that because the artist has an outspoken political opinion they must be well educated on the subject. Overall I think the cartoon gets its point across very well.
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ReplyDeleteI think we often times associate the words: "Budget cut" with positive news. When the media boasts about: "Reducing the budget by millions and millions of dollars", we don't really correlated cutting the budget with job reduction. The governments 'plan' to lower the national debt isn't really a plan to begin with. Think about this, if we cut Tucson’s educational budget and The Academy of Tucson's staff as whole loses their jobs, what happens from there? Do the Teachers continue living life as if nothing has happened? As if nothing has intermingled with their ability to sustain themselves along with their family's needs? No, they have to keep living, they have to search for means to survive, but they can't be too sure. What if you find yourself a stable job, you can sustain your personal needs as well as your family's needs, who's to say the next budget cut won't concern your new field of work?
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion this Political Depiction is quintessentially centered around Logos, when first glancing at this Political Cartoon the observational eye might inquire why there is water in 'Uncle Sams' boat. Why is the boat leaking? There has to be a hole, an opaque hole. It's like we're glaring at the tip of the ice-berg.
On the other hand this Cartoon also appeals to Pathos. How so? You can tell by looking at the man in the jobs boat. The expression on his face reveals that he is mortified. Mortified and confused because... "Weren't the budget cuts, supposed to have a positive outcome on society? Wasn’t this whole effort to stimulation the economy?”
The Authors intended audience for this cartoon, centralized around those who are well informed about the national debt, and job market crisis. Around the working / middle classes of the industrial titan; America.
The government is trying to "keep afloat" during this time of struggle, but keeps loading more problems into the hands of the job market. Therefore making the job market work twice as hard as it probably needed to in the first place. The bucket in sam's hand represents cuts, and one would asume that its cuts for the job market. Also there is an oar on the governments "boat", and not on the jobs "boat" making me think when the governments done emptying hia boat he will leave the job with out any help.
ReplyDeleteI seem to see mostly pathos, and logos. Not so much of ethos. Pathos is mostly in the guys facial expression while in the jobs boat. You see a facial expression of sorrow and pitty on the guys face. Having trouble witnessing the fact the government not only is not helping, but making him work twice as hard. Its just shows who you can trust when your in trouble l, even in the same mess together, the government is narcissusistic, only caring for its own needs.
Logos in showing the trouble the nation is, trying to stay afloat. The amount of trouble in the sinking boats and can only take it one bucket at a time. Sence the government is placing all of its water into the jobs boat, it can show you which one has a harder time during this troubling time.
The government (or Uncle Sam) is attempting to bail itself out. By doing that, they are only dumping more cuts onto our jobs. While the American citizens are trying to prevent their boat from sinking, the government isn’t helping. Even though both boats are filling with water, and sinking, the government boat is only saving theirs. The audience is both for the average citizen or employer and for the big wigs in government.
ReplyDeleteThe general idea relates to logos, because the idea is clear. It shows an example of what the government is doing to the jobs department. Mostly the cartoon appeals to pathos because it wants you to feel sad for the average person. Jobs are suffering, and what the government is doing (creating more cuts) is supposed to scare you into believing we are sinking. Ethos is showed because the artist is obviously "for" the people, so you are led to believe he is trustworthy, and not against us.
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ReplyDeleteThe subject of the cartoon is cuts made our federal government to help bail itself out of trouble being dumped on anyone trying to keep or search for a job. The cuts made by the federal government are hurting the job market and therefore it is also causing harm to anyone fighting to maintain their job or looking for a job. The government cuts are causing the job market to be a sinking ship that is in dire need of help. The intended audience is anyone who faces problems due to the government cuts. Anyone job hunting in our current economic situation or those who may soon be added to that group of people is targeted by this cartoon.
ReplyDeleteThe cartoon mainly appeals to pathos. It demonstrates how average Americans must burden problems brought on by the government and how the government is more than willing to let us drown in their problems to save itself. It also bolsters Americans to feel sorry for those who face problems because of the sinking job market. It also wants citizens to feel angry at the fact that we, as Americans, are being sacrificed in order to save our government which is meant to help us. The cartoon also appeals to ethos as the cartoonist shows through his artwork that he is for those facing problems due to the cuts and against those who are making the cuts which helps show his trustworthiness and gets his audience to believe in him. The appeal to logos came in the form that the cartoon’s point comes across clearly and the sequence of events that is started by the government is logically put together by the cartoonist.
I think this cartoon is trying to say that US is making budget cuts that are effecting the job grown and making the job market closer to sinking while relieving the stress off of the economy. The intended audience is people who think making deep budget cuts will fix the economy, so it is meant for republicans. This article appeals to pathos, because it is trying to get an emotional responce out of people who don't have a job and is trying to direct their blame to the budget cuts
ReplyDeleteWhat logical fallacies could this cartoon be under ?
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