Cartoon 3

I found this cartoon onhttp://sinkers.org/stage/?p=799. The cartoon itself was published on 3/15/2011.


The caption in this cartoon is Bank of America and the money symbol. These words are used to describe the cartoon because it emphasizes the current situation in the country of Japan. No other words could have been used to describe what has happened over the past few days.
The symbols used to describe the cartoon shows that the aftermath of the earthquake was a tsunami, which devastated the island of Japan. What the artist means is the natural disaster in Japan is truly devastating. The disaster not only affects Japan, but also other countries that trade with Japan.
The action taking place in this cartoon is the tsunami and earthquake in Japan have traumatized the whole country, and now the country and its people are in turmoil, with many people who are still missing.
The message of this cartoon is the rest of the world should reach out and help the country of Japan. The liberal ideological perspective is represented by the cartoonist. The liberal ideology is to help other countries when they are in need.
This cartoon relates to a current political event because the disaster in Japan affects the world's economy, and not just Japan's. And because the economy is affected, so is politics around the world. This relates to our class discussion because we talked about the event in Japan a few days ago.
Satire and irony influence the topic covered because it exaggerates the effect of the event by showing a flooded Japan and its economy.