1. Let your eyes float across the cartoon
2. Follow the flow, determine who the cartoon is about?
3. Think about the audience of the cartoon
4. Understand the cartoon, and the context of the cartoon
5. Find symbolism throughout the cartoon
6. Look for minor details to contribute
The boot represents the US imperializing the Philippines. The farmer is being interrupted by the US stepping into his land, its being occupied by the Americans. In this cartoon, the US stepping into the Philippines is seen as negative for natives but powerful for Americans. Overall, the colonization by the Americans in the Philippines is negative.
Uncle Sam represents America and he is teaching the Philippines, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Cuba. He is saying that they aren't going to like going through this teaching, but eventually they will be happy like the American kids. Uncle Sam's expression proves that he is being stern and hard with these young kids, and teaching them that the American way is the happiest and most acceptable way to live. This picture proves the unwillingness of the territories to cooperate with the new rules and regulations of America's rule over them.
This political cartoon shows Uncle Sam, proving the brutality of the situations over seas involving Americans. This political cartoon shows and proves the harshness the Americans placed upon Spanish colonies. These cartoons are the cartoons that prove that Americans didn't sympathize with the Spanish American war because of the harshness of it. Uncle Sam's facial expression proves the irrational way they handle children. This is portrayed in a negative way because of the brutal showings of Uncle Sam's actions.
