WW1 propaganda posters

WW1 propaganda posters. 

1. Propaganda is a tool used by governments to get people to feel a certain way about something. 

2: Propaganda: information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc. Link to dictionary.com

4a: I see right away the big red cross that is in the corner of the picture. My eye is drawn to the lady and child since they are bright compared to the drab and gray background. The background is dark with I'm assuming the 4 horsemen or something similar in the background maybe the 3 on horseback represent the axis powers during WW1. While the lady and child are brightly colored and are shown with the lady having her hand out. 

   5a: The artist was trying to show off a sense of dread with this image but also hopeful with the woman and child.

6a: The target audience was women. 

 4b: I see right away the lady in white with the diploma. That is what I'm drawn too, I also notice that the door says opportunity on it. I'm drawn mostly to the lady though which was the author's intention. 

5b: The message this ad is trying to show is that becoming a nurse will give you a bright (all white clothing) future along with opportunity's as well.  

6b: The ideal target for this ad is young women. 

 4c: I see right away the lady working as an operator. My eyes are drawn to the troops in the background of the picture because I noticed the horse and the gray hats worn by the troops. 

5c: The artist was hoping people would feel a sense of helping out with the war effort since they were some females helping over there at the time and they wanted people to feel the need to join the YWCA and help out. 

6c:  I believe the target audience is men because they want them to help out the women who are over there helping out because if they have to then the men should too. 

7:   It depends what the subject matter is and what the intention is. Rallying citizens around during war time is good but like making an campaign against like a group of people isn't good.

8:  The government needed to keep American's interested in the war because while at first it was just a European conflict they eventually were going to be in it. 

Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau

Reflective Piece

The perspective that the film shows is that the effects of imperialism last for a long time especially on the native people. Eddie's family at the start has to move into the graveyard even though they are native Hawaiians simply because they have been pushed aside by the hotels, and other buildings built by the US. It even shows in the surf competitions at the start, The Duke Kahama surfing competition only featured White Californians and not a single native Hawaiian even though the birthplace of surfing is Hawaii. It also is demonstrated in the beaches, native Hawaiian's aren't even allowed on some of the beaches at the start of the film or they would get weird looks from tourists if they were on those beaches. 

A photo from the first Duke Kahanamoku competition, even though being one of the most famous Hawaiians not even the Duke could get them to invite some natives to the event.

How do you analyze a political cartoon?

1. I know to analyze a political cartoon, you have to look at the people drawn in it to recognize them along with reading the text if there is some as well. 

 

2. http://www.wikihow.com/Analyze-Political-Cartoons This was the guide I used, I learned from it that you should also look at the labels in the cartoons as well. I already knew most of what to look for.
 

3. I'm going to use what the guide said which was to look for symbols, irony, and analogies. http://www.wikihow.com/Analyze-Political-Cartoons

 

Cartoon on Spanish American War

Cartoon on Philippine conflict

Cartoon on American Imperialism 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Cartoon on American Spanish War) I noticed the labels that they use, they show the Spanish as savages shown by the belt he is wearing that says Spain, another label they use is the tombstone which says "Maine Sailors murdered by Spain". Which makes sense since the Maine was the battleship that exploded that started the Spanish American war and since Remember the Maine was a battle cry of the American public as well. Another Symbol is the Spaniard stepping on the flag's at his feet to show that Spain is trampling on the US or in other words threatening their way of life.

(Cartoon on Philippine conflict) I noticed the labels they use for the comic, the boot and pant leg are the Americans as shown by the stripes to represent uncle Sam. The hat has the words agunilado who was the leader at the time who the US saw as a small rebel group, which is also why he is tiny in this comic along with the fact the US is showing themselves as a Super Power by being so much bigger. The island represents the Philippines. 

 

(Cartoon on American Imperialism) Each child has a label on it representing a country that the US has control over now. It shows them as rowdy toddlers who the US shown as the old man aka Uncle Sam represents the parent who has to raise them and get them ready for independence or at least become good colonies in my opinion.