There are many strong visual arguments used in political cartoons today that try to prove a point or give an opinion. This cartoon has strong arguments that show how “America is addicted to foreign oil” (Boyle). The artist uses many rhetorical strategies in these cartoons to prove their point, some of those strategies include: cause and effect, analogy, and the use of many other techniques. All of these strategies and appeals put together give a strong argument as to whether America is really addicted to oil. The cartoonists did this piece of work using gray and black colors. It seems like it implies that America is in sort of bad time regarding our fuel problems. It also kind of goes along with the look of the Statue of Liberty, and that look is not good.
In this cartoon there are dark clouds of smoke in the background that seem to be representing burning oil pumps in Iraq. In the front of the image you have the Statue of Liberty lying on the ground next to a fuel pump injecting the fuel into her arm. The Statue of Liberty is really the focal point of this cartoon, but the burning oil pumps in the background just kind of give the cartoon a setting and that setting being the desert of Iraq.
In this illustration, you see that America is addicted to oil. In the top left hand corner the cartoonist put a quote from President Bush that says just that: “America is addicted to oil”. In the picture you also see the statue of liberty injecting fuel into her arm from a gas pump that you would see at a gas station, which looks like what one might inject them if they were doing drugs. People do not usually incorporate drugs and fuel together, but in this cartoon, it looks like the artist is doing exactly that. This is a form of analogy that argues that Americans use fuel like a drug addict uses drugs. A good example of ethos stands out when talking about the appearance of the Statue of Liberty. She really is a symbol of America. She represents what America is, and that is...