How do you analyze a political cartoon?

1).  When analyzing a political cartoon, you must first look at who made the cartoon, so that you know what point of view the cartoon is coming from. Then you must look at the characters in the cartoon to see what different countries and or political parties are being illustrated. Finally you must look at the captions in the cartoon so that you can see what the opinion of the artist is.

2).  After looking at a professional guide to analyzing political cartoons, I understand that it is not as simple as just looking at what is on the drawing and making an educated guess. You must first look at the authors use of symbolism, then the use of exaggeration, then the use of labeling, irony, and analogy.

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