>>Political Cartoon<<

This political cartoon best represents my essay. Since there are no words in the picture besides the illustrator’s name, you may analyze the picture in whatever way you see fit. One thing is, the man holding the flag is suppose to represent Christopher Columbus when he came to the new world. The buildings in the background are supposed to symbol the new world. The fact that he has a turkey on his sword is making mention to the whole first thanksgiving idea. He is on a platform because of course he is leading the whole thing. The homeless looking man could very well be representing the people who actually listened to what he had to say. Making mention to the letter that was sent to the king and queen, he said that he had enemies who didn’t ever want to listen and obey because they disapproved of his leadership skills. Well with the man watching attentively, it shows he was not part of that crowd. He was open to learning new things from his leader. The man however in the background running toward him can very well represent two things. One case is that the man could represent the enemies he had who didn’t approve of his leadership and who later enslaved him. The person is probably put to run up behind because although Columbus knew he had enemies, he didn’t think they were going to do such horrible things. Another way you can take the man running toward him as the Indians. They did not like that Columbus came to the new world and was forcing them out and messing up what they had already built. They wanted to run him away because he was taking over.