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Political Cartoon

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For this blog post, I analyzed a political cartoon by Doug McGregor. This cartoon is an illustration of 11 ostriches with their heads stuck in the ground in front of the White House. On one of them, the word "GOP" shows, and shared between two others, are the words "Rank & File." Above the  ostriches  and to the left of the White House is the phrase  “Trump party supporters come home to roost.” The artist intends to represent Trump supporters as oblivious people who choose not to pay attention to the truth of politics. He does this by representing them as outrages with their heads stuck in the ground. The artist uses an analogy when comparing trumps supporters to ostriches with their heads in the ground. He uses symbolism in showing the ostriches with their heads in the ground. This represents them being oblivious to the political conditions around them. Not only are they unaware of their surrounding, but they choose to be in this state. Some knowledge that the