REHUGO 5

Charlene Asuncion
Mr. Soeth
AP English 3
February 23, 2011

REHUGO Analysis- Visual: Political Cartoon

A. Cartoon attached- artist: Len Hawkins




B. The visual comments on the societal trend that community today is often characterized by many of the problems it faces as opposed to previous years, in which communities faced minute issues and focused more on unity. The image depicts the changing role of a community center because of the prominence of negative issues such as drugs and violence.

C. The cartoon is extremely effective in expressing the prominence of problems and issues in today’s society.The visual presents a community center on which posted on the front wall are upcoming events associated with problems in the community such as drugs and violence. In addition, the windows of the community center contain metal bars, symbolizing a prison house. Ironically, a community center is meant to positively bind the community together, however, this cartoon shows a community negatively bound together by problems such as lack of respect, drugs, and violence very similar to a prison. Initially, community centers were places of socialization and intermingling through activities and hobbies for better unification among citizens. The image depicts the communities of today which are focused and overwhelmed with unfavorable issues. The visual reveals how much communities have changed in the last few decades in terms of the prominence of negative issues by the expressions and reactions of the two elderly men, who are in appall and dismay of the change in the purpose of the community center. Community centers were merely a place for “jumble sales” but now have become prisons, or places dawning on problems.

D. It is a fact that there is a much larger prominence of communal issues and problems today than ever before. The image presents that drugs, violence, and morale have become such a predominant problem to the extent that our community centers are revolved around these issues. Communal affairs have changed dramatically in the last decades due to several factors such as increased population and negative influence from the media. In order to address this problem, state government should provide more funds to prevent predominating issues. For example, the government should fund drug education and prevention programs in schools like D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education). Also, the state governments should advocate the use of community centers for unification among citizens via activities and hobbies or local decisions. Community centers should provide a welcoming atmosphere for each individual in the community and make them feel a part of the environment in which they live.

MLA Citation for image:
Hawkins, Len. Did You Remember When They Just Held Jumble Sales. Digital image. Cartoonstock.com. Cartoonstock, 2010. Web. 24 Feb. 2011. .

Gursimran Singh                                                                                             Period:2                                                                                                         Mr.Soeth                                                                       English 3 AP            REHUGO Analysis- Observation A.      Cartoon Attached: Artist- Randy Glasbergen   B.       In this cartoon Glasbergen is showing the effects that technology has on the human brain. It shows the effect of how thickheaded technology has caused the human brain to be.   C.      This cartoon shows the effect of what can happen to the human brain if it relies on technology too much. The visual shows how technology has made the human hopeless, that he's unable to trust his brain to remember how to come back up the driveway. This also shows that it is our own fault that we tend to use technology so often that when it is not in our grasp we do not know what to do.   D.      The implication of this visual is that technology keeps growing outrageously, to a point where little kids need it to function their brains. Technology is affecting the human brain from an early age, parents by their kids these gadgets. Yet most damage their brains, because now their unable to do things without their technology in reach.     MLA Citation for Visual:                                                                                                        Glasbergen, Randy: Cartoon Electronics                                               http://www.glasbergen.com/family-cartoons/

REHUGO: Observation

Daniel Lee
Mr. Soeth
English III AP
REHUGO: Observation
A. Attached at the bottom
B. In this cartoon, the cartoonist is bringing up the issue of ex-convicts that are released from jail that are now out in the world. Recently, with the surplus of convicted felons in jails, there are too many people in jails and it is getting over crowded. However, with the economic depression our nation is in during this epoch, the construction of new jails is not an option. Therefore, in order to resolve this predicament, government officials are letting minor convicted members have an early release to create more space for people who committed much worse felonies.
C. This picture is effective because it appeals to the audience through humor by the ex-convict saying he was in a “gated community.” Typically when one says he or she lived in a “gated community,” it is assumed that it was a sophisticated neighborhood where gated fences were required in order to preserve the peace of the civilians. However, in the ex-convict’s case, his “gated community” is referring to a jail he was recently released from. Also, the visual is quite ironic because the “gated community” the ex-convict was from is the complete opposite of a typical “gated community.” By the irony within this visual, the drawer creates a humorous tone that appeals to the audience by his use of pathos.
D. The trend of releasing minor convicts from jails has both its pros and cons. On the pros side, it creates room for more dangerous threats to our society to be put in to jail and therefore creating a more peaceful environment. However, many ex-convicts’ time in jail will be cut allowing more ex-convicts to roam the streets in the city. Depending on how these ex-convicts react towards their early release will determine how the decision of releasing these ex-convicts will affect our society. Hopefully, these convicts will see this early release as a glimpse of hope for change for the better helping the community grow.

(premshree@hotmail.com), Premshree Pillai. "Gated Community Cartoons and Comics." CartoonStock - Cartoon Pictures, Political Cartoons, Animations. Web. 25 Feb. 2011. .

REHUGO Polital Cartoon

Taylor Phan

Mr. Soeth

English 3 AP

February 24, 2011

REHUGO Analysis – Observation: Political Cartoon

A. Cartoon Attached - Artist : Michael DiMotta

B. This cartoon portrays the societal trend of unreasonable adoption cases. DiMotta shows an adoption agency denying a loving couple their adoption request, but in turn granting abusive parents with a child through adoption.

C. The visual displays a couple that registered to adopt a child. The couple is dressed casually as if they were normal people; and the books indicates that the couple is educated and can most likely handle being parents. They have already prepared a neatly put together room with toys for their child which they were going to adopt, but their adoption request was denied. On the other hand, a family who has created an extremely dangerous and unsanitary environment for their children is approved for an adoption. The picture on the bottom portrays abusive parents and terrible role models for their children, as the mother is smoking and drinking many cans of beer. The family on the bottom carries a negative vibe, as the mother seems to be unhappy and the father seems to be angry at a child, holding him precariously in the air. The boy in the air seems to be worried that he is going to abused in some way, it’s obvious that the young man fears his father by his facial expression. Also, they have children running around the house as if they have no control over their children. By showing two different perspectives on both families, it would logical that the neatly kept family should have been accepted on their request for an adoption, but due to unfair adoption cases, adoption agencies approve a couple who are not fit to be parents. This is effective because shows corruption or laziness within adoption agencies as they should be inspecting the homes of the families, making sure that they are fit to become parents and tend to their new child's every need.

D. Many Americans look to adoption as a final resort, because they can not create a child of their own for many different reasons. Some families are prepared in advance for the child they are expecting, but in turn they rejected due to unfair adoption cases. The cartoon is slightly exaggerated, but for the most part is true. Children who are adopted are not always adopted by horrible people, but it is a possibility that their new parents are abusive and a bad example, but for the small percentage of good families being rejected to adopt a child; adoption agencies should have fair cases to provide a good family for them. A child put up for adoption deserves a family who can provide for them, set a good example, and love them.

MLA Citation :

DiMotta, Michael. "Michael J. DiMotta, An Illustration I Did for Instinct Magazine On..." Michael J. DiMotta. 24 Feb. 2011. Web. 24 Feb. 2011. http://www.michaeldimotta.tumblr.com/post/3664445456/an-illustration-i-did-for-instinct-magazine-on.

REHUGO Analysis - Political Cartoon

Samira Haikal
Mr. Soeth
P2 AP Eng Lang
24 February 2011

REHUGO Analysis: Political Cartoon

A. MLA Citation: 
Smeltzer, Steve. "'And you honey, how was your day at the playstation?'" Cartoon Stock. http://www.cartoonstock.com/cartoonview.asp?catref=ssen4. Cartoon. 24 February 2011.

B. Societal Trend:
Smeltzer uses satire to criticize the dominance of videogames and electronics in the life of America's twenty-first century youth as compared to the formerly active lifestyle of the child and teenager.


C. Effectiveness:
The viewers of this social commentary cartoon see a typical American family at dinner, clearly discussing the day's events with each other. Before the technology age, a common question and answer at the dinner table would regard a sports game, a test at school, the workday, friends, homework, upcoming plans. However, Smeltzer substitutes "your day at the PlayStation" in place of another, more mind and body engaging activity. The mother's quote conveys a certain irony with the typical American family discussion at dinner, and what it has emerged into over the past few years due to technological changes and changes in youth culture. In this cartoon, the visual itself does not depict much like other other cartoons usually do, but rather, the verbal sect of the image typifies the new and modernized meal discussion. Furthermore, the casual tone of the dialogue reflects the unfortunate acceptance of society of an Internet-and-videogame-dominant youth culture. Another aspect of the satirical attitude of Smeltzer lies in the diction of "day," which demonstrates that children and teenagers spend several straight hours in front of a television or computer monitor instead of spending hours playing outside with friends or studying as previous generations did. The genial expressions on the mother, father, and son's faces further represent the social acceptance of and lack of action against this new and negative impact of twenty-first century techonologies on today's children.


D. Implications of the Trend
Indeed, today's technologies have positive and negative impacts on society as a whole. New and shocking advancements improve medicine, education, and business, yet negatively influence the lives of people all around the world. Industry and entrepreneurs create all these videogames and internet trends for children for the sake of money, but few people tend to recognize the cultural dependency on and dominance of the digital world, which are not always a good thing. Children need to live the active lives that preceding generations lived not only for their own health and intellect, but also to feel and witness the endless "childhood" that is ever so typified as exhilerating and spontaneous by older generations.

REHUGO - Observation

Joey Bennett
Mr. Soeth
English 3 AP
February 24, 2011

REHUGO - Observation

A. Cartoon Attached - Clay Bennett

B. The artist, Clay Bennett, creates an image of a shirt with the words Family Values, with a lipstick stain and a tag with the Republican Political party symbol on it. This shirt depicted looks like a shirt that someone wore when they were having an affair of some sort.

C. This cartoon is a representation of hypocrisy. The artist is referring to the incidents of people claiming Family Values will be demoralized when Republican party members are demoralizing family values by cheating on their wives. This cartoon is an attempt to show the audience that these Republican party members are being hypocritical. When Bennett does this, he lowers the credibility of those members.

D. Bennett uses the shirt as a way of showing that the Republican members wear family values, in other words, Republicans always have family values, much like they always wear shirts. This represents a meaning that contradicts the statements of Republican officials, and may even open the Republican officials' eyes to the idea. Not only are the Republicans unaware of this, but the audience may be unaware of it also, and with this depiction, both Republicans and the audience will feel emotion towards the subject.

MLA Citation:

Bennett, Clay. "Family Values." Cartoon. Http://0.tqn.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/p/q/2/family-values-kiss.gif. Universal Syndicate, 2009. Print.

Rehugo

Merna Nashed
Mr. Soeth
English 3Ap
February 24,2011

A. Cartoon Attached- Artist: Jeff Parker

B. This is political cartoon the newspaper the gentlemen is holding is commenting on the budget cuts, which in this case are in Florida. The newspaper states that they are cutting off so much money that it’s going to cut off an arm and a leg, figuratively, cutting off an arm and a leg meaning that they are cutting off the essential things in schools.

C. Jeff Parker does an excellent job of getting his point across, by comparing schools to a human. Some of essential parts in a human are the arms and legs so having cut them off it would be very difficult to do anything without them. Exactly like money would be to a school, it is one of the most essential things to have. The gentlemen that’s sitting down reading the newspaper also claims that the governor has explained that the budget cuts would be harmless yet he didn’t say it would be that deep as to cutting an “arm.”

D. This political cartoon is correct, money is one of the most essential things to a school and having to cut off and so deep into it, it would cost students and teachers the essential things that they need in their classrooms, figuratively an arm and a leg. These budget cuts can affect the communities because budget cuts could mean poor education and poor education can result to tedious jobs, or no jobs at all, and that can result to impoverished and needy communities. And so just from these deep “harmless” budget cuts it can start a dangerous cycle of underprivileged communities.

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Google. Web. 24 Feb. 2011.