REHUGO: Observation - Political cartoon

Jana Kurita
Mr. Soeth
Ap English 3
February 24, 2011
REHUGO: observation – political cartoon

A) political cartoon attached by Dave Grandlund
B) In the recent years, the United States economy has been decreasing due to over speculation and buying on credit. Obama, when elected, was faced with the pressing issue over America’s unbalanced money situation. Obama has proposed better health care, and promised to create more jobs for the citizens to help relieve the crisis. While the president try’s to tackle these issues, the small football player with Obama on the jersey, the economic crisis, represented by the gigantic football player, intimidates Obama.
C) Being newly elected and having to face a huge crisis, Obama’s situation is accurately portrayed through the cartoon’s metaphor. By making the economic crisis an enormous intimidating football player, the audience, American citizens, understand the sense of fear Obama must feel. The economic crisis is bigger then the president due to the pressure American citizens put on him to fix the issue, the chance of him losing his political position, and the possible decrease of American status. Being a new president, Obama is unsure of how to resolve the problem and his non-established reputation makes him tiny compared to the economic crisis. While the president is still weary, his position of defense shows that he is going to try to fix America’s problems.
D) Obama’s reforms to change the United State’s economy have affected the community poorly. While Obama fought for his plan for health care, he has yet to create jobs for the people like he promised. The economy is further going down due to the increase of gas prices, and the continued foreclosures. The communities bonds that had been established in earlier years are diminished due to the average person’s financial instability. Our economic downfall influences other countries such as Ireland. The Irish government has experienced tension between political parties and the people, creating a social gap which ruined Ireland’s sense of community as a unified nation. If America’s economy continues to go down, America might see themselves in Ireland’s shoes in the near future.

MLA Citation:
Granlund, David. "Obama vs. Economic Crisis." Cartoon. Dave Granlund Cartoons and Illustrations. Web. 24 Feb. 2011. .