Sunday, February 21, 2016

Annexation of Hawaii



Analysis Paragraph: 
This political cartoon is about the Annexation of Hawaii. This is presented, because of Queen Liliuokalani and at the top there is the word Hawaii. The cartoonist's message is that, the U.S. found out about Hawaii and what Hawaii contains(sugar plantations, fine climate). This is expressed with the newspaper Uncle Sam has in his hands and is reading. I can imagine a persons opinion at that time frame be like, this would help the U.S. with expansionism of territories and they can benefit many things from Hawaii. The cartoonist used labeling. Labeling is shown, by the information shown on the newspaper. The cartoonist is also using exaggeration. Exaggeration is used with Uncle Sam, the way Uncle Sam is wiser or very interested look with the information. The cartoon supports my opinion on American Imperialism, because this cartoon is showing the U.S. trying to take control of another territory to benefit the U.S. 
MLA Citation: 
"Austin's Hawaiian weekly." Web. 22 July 1899. 
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047152/1899-07-22/ed-1/seq-7/       

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