Patriotic Art

I think that patriotic art can be many things. I think that as long as it is representing the country in a positive way than it should be considered patriotic art. I think that the Uncle Sam poster is by far the most prestigious work of patriotic art, but certainly not the most original. I am talking about the art because I am really unsure of what we were supposed to get out of this article; Once Again, Patriotic Themes Ring True as Art. I think that the Uncle Sam work of art is most certainly one of the most powerful of any. I think that is also the most recognized for the simple fact of how old it is and how much power that it exerts.

Intro

                Here are two editorial cartoons about the “dreaded” back to school shopping. The settings are completely opposite and take place in a completely different way. The author of the first cartoon, Joe Heller, is a prestigious editorial cartoonist. He takes an odd perspective of how back to school shopping is dreadful. He does not present to his audience by telling them that back to school shopping is dreadful, instead he makes it out to be that it is scary. The second editorial cartoonist is also a prestigious editorial cartoonist. Steve Kelly takes the broad approach to his cartoon by making the point of back to school shopping so unfortunate that the readers instantly get what point he is trying to make. Both cartoonists take a different approach to how the audience perceives their cartoon.

Thesis

The two editorial cartoons I observed are talking about the harsh reality of back to school shopping.

B2S Shopping Cartoon(2)

Topic: Back to school shopping is OUTRAGEOUS!

Story: It is a father looking at his son's back to school shopping receipt. He spends so much that it is going to make him work two jobs.

Audience: It is in present day America. And the cartoon was published in , The New Orleans Times-Picayune.

Author: Steve Kelly
He is a devoted political cartoonist that writes for the The New Orleans Times-Picayune. He went to Dartmouth College. He has won numerous awards, including six first-place finishes from the California Newspaper Publishers Association. In 2001, he won first-place awards from the CNPA, the Los Angeles Press Club and the Best of the West competition.

Argument:  It is saying that back to school shopping is so outrageous that middle class people and down are going to have to work two jobs.

Composition: It is a simple single-frame cartoon.

Word & Image: It uses both text and pictures to describe the cartoon. The shopping cart and receipt to show how much they bought. And the text to describe that their current salary isn't going to pay for all of it.

Imagery: A simple scene with a middle class family is featured in this cartoon. The imagery is described in the previous answer.

Tone: The cartoon is a serious cartoon. It is getting across the point that back to school shopping is outrageous.

Character & Setting: A middle class family with a cart full of stuff and a receipt down to the ground is getting across the point that the family will have to work two jobs.

Cultural Resonance: It refers to actual people in modern day middle class America.

B2S Shopping Cartoon

Topic: Back to school shopping

Story: A scary camp fire scene talking about back to school shopping

Audience: Featured in present day America, this cartoon has a literal meaning to the "ideal" male about back to school shopping. This cartoon was found in the Green Bay Press-Gazette.


Author: Joe Heller
He is from Oshkosh, Wisconsin and is writing for the Green Bay Press-Gazette. He is a prestigious editorial cartoonist. He has won many awards such as eight best of Gannette Awards, six Milwaukee Press Club Awards, and three John Fischette Editorial Cartoon Awards. He has a collection of his work in a book called Give 'em Heller. He has done many things other than editorial cartoons such as illustrate children books, drawn for museum exhibits, and drawn in various comic books. He holds a BA in Fine Arts.

Argument: The argument is that back to school shopping is outrageous. It shows this by the settings and the text that goes along with it. I think there is some irony in the fact that I believe that he would be much  more afraid of an axe-murder compared to back to school shopping.

Composition: This is a simple single-frame cartoon

Word & Image: It uses both text and pictures to get across the idea of back to school shopping is scary.

Imagery: It is a scene of people around a campfire telling scary stories. The funny thing is that back to school shopping is not "scary story" scary.

Tone: The tone is "seriously funny." It is serious in a most dad's eyes and funny in the fact that they really shouldn't be afraid of back to school shopping.

Character & Setting: The scene is a campfire of a couple middle class families.

Cultural Resonance: It is something that really happens, but the fictional thing about it is the swamp monster and people really getting scared over back to school shopping.

Fieldwork

The poem called fieldwork is about a woman is really in touch with the wildlife. She loves the outdoors and I would assume she would live their if she could. I do believe that she did visit a jungle or something for an extended period of time. The reason that I believe this is because it talks about the tree tops, different types of insects, and some other things. I also think that the perspective of the poem is being told from an animal of some sort. I am unsure of what type of animal it is, but I am pretty sure it is being told from an animal point of view. It talks about the painting Michelangelo painted and says “on the same day he finished the finger of god, as it lazed towards the finger of man.”  I think that this animal is talking about the rain forest getting destroyed. I believe this because it also says “and everything would come later, taxonomy and papers and extension of her grant, had nothing to do with her gratitude toward the jar and the black and red, the fierce creature inside, which she set on her pillow and touched from time to time to remind her body of its life in the trees.” It talks about taxation and papers that will come later. I think that these are the trees and the grant is the trees paying for the taxation. She in the previous quote is Mother Nature and the lives in her trees are whatever animal that lives in it.

I wrote the previous blog before this one….

Difference between poems

These two poems are a lot more complicated. I think that they have a much deeper hidden meaning to them. That is why I am having so much trouble figuring out what they mean. I think that the perspectives of these two poems are told differently from the poems of the first two weeks. I think that the perspectives of the poems told this week are told from animals and not human beings. I think this because the second poem is in a section that is called something about animals, human, and un. So I am taking a stab in the dark and guessing an animal is telling the poem. The first poem I am guessing as well because it talks about being in the weeds and rubbing your hind legs together, therefore, I am assuming it would be a cricket. But I still do not understand the poem to be honest, or the second one for that matter.

Chilton Response

Chilton’s essay is a very detailed look at what the Mexican drug cartels is doing along with a look at how the government is contemplating them. I agree with most of the points that Chilton states. I do question the part about the government though. I don’t know if the Mexican government is really cracking down or it is all show. In my opinion I believe that they are really not doing anything and are saying that they are. But at the same time I do not blame them for the simple fact of how powerful/dangerous the cartel has became. She talks about the color scheme of the cartoon. I think that the color scheme does set the mood. If I was Mexican I would probably interpret this a little different. I would take it as somewhat of an insult even though I would say that most people do realize what is going on and how bad it is. On the other hand, I would see it as a problem that has became out of hand. If I lived in Texas, Arizona, or any of the other bordering states I would more than likely have much more of an opinion on the topic because it would be affecting me more. She does a very good job at introducing the topic by not being very bias between who is to blame for the cartel. She says “the unpredictable economies in both countries and the issues resulting from drug use and trade have added tension to the already taut relationship. Blame flows easily and lands on various subjects—each government, drug cartel, drug users, and more.” I think that she does a wonderful job at explaining the cartoon along with backing up her facts! Not only does she do this by stating why she thinks something, but also by showing her work cited.

Muck-Clump

The author is getting across the idea of being a mature adult in arguments. I liked how he started off the beginning because I know that there are a ton of people out there that do this. Unfortunately, I do sometimes. I would have to say that the majority of people do though. I mean everybody strives to be right… I mean I know everybody strives to be right! I really enjoy this poem though, because I can relate to it. Growing up my mother and I did not always see eye to eye. Actually, we would never see eye to eye. So my dad would always tell me “to choose my battles wisely.” The reason for this is because my mother is a stubborn hot-head. Also another reason is because when I was younger I was the exact same way. As I grew older I have matured and have gotten better at “choosing my battles.” In my personal opinion, the author does a terrific job at getting his point across. Honestly, I would say that this is a simple poem and that most people would understand this poem.

Censored Cartoons

I think that cartoons should be censored according to the standing laws. I guess that could be a controversial conversation as well, but I think that people just try and find little things pry and pick at. Whether or not the purple teletuby is "gay" or not; who cares!? The argument of gay rights is always going to be around and people are always going to be for and against it. So say the purple teletuby is gay... The other three or four are not and therefore it should not matter. I would say that the majority of the people against gay rights argument is because of religious beliefs. So therefore in my mind the people that make this a big deal are people who are more than likely religious. If they are not I don’t know why they are making such a fuss about it. The reason I say this is because they do not want their kids watching these “gay” cartoons. I think that they should ignore the fact that there are one or two “gay” cartoon characters and realize that their kids do not think of it that way. And like previously stated, there are tons of “straight” cartoons compared to “gay” characters. And they say that the purple teletuby is gay because he is purple, has a triangle on its head, and carries a purse. Well… I DON’T SEE A PENIS OR A VAGINA ON ANY OF THE TELETUBIES! I am pretty sure that these make-believe creatures are for interpretation. Therefore, I believe that if your kid thinks that the purple one is “gay” it is because of yourself forcing the concept into his/her head.

Back to School Cartoon

America

The poem America was a poem that had multiple meanings. The way I interpreted the poem was that the author is talking about how everyone "points the finger" at each other when everyone is really sitting back and waiting on somebody to make the difference. Considering the fact that the author goes from once extreme to another. He starts out by thinking the student is full of shit and ends up saying "And I think, "I am asleep in America too."" There is also something else that I interpreted from this poem. I think that the author is also saying that America is too self-dependent among what is advertised. There are multiple instances in the poem where I thought this. There is one that stuck out the most and started at the beginning when the boy said that America for him was a maximum-security prison. The author then goes on to say that the boy is wearing phony ghetto clothes. As if the boy were falling under the influence of the advertisements.

ENG151

I know what Im doing...