Analysis of Cartoons Illustrating the Eqyptian Unemployment Problem

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In order to live you must do some work. The job is very necessary to enable man to satisfy his wants. In Egypt, we’re facing the problem of Unemployment. There is a large number of youth that are unemployed. Unemployment occurs when people are without jobs and actively seeking for work. The majority of the unemployed youth were found in the 20 to 24 year old, which 39.3% were jobless. There are many reasons that make a young person jobless: Our poor system of education, the rapid growth of population, poverty and the absence of economic investments. Unemployment will affect the person in many negative ways like loss of human resources, illegal immigrations, psychological problems and it can lead them to illegal activities. Of course, the media plays a very important role in solving this problem in many ways. The cartoons are one of these ways that represent the problem in a funny way. The cartoons are being compared to stand for the problem of Unemployment. In Cartoon “A”, it is a graduation and once the students graduate and take their certificates they enter the door of “Unemployment.
In Cartoon “B”, there is a man that is going to solve a problem with another man called “Unemployment” but he didn’t know that this man is a huge one; therefore, he can’t do anything to him. The two cartoons show us the message clearly of how the problem of unemployment is hard and threatening, but cartoon “B” is better because it has stronger techniques like symbolism, exaggeration, labeling and irony.
Symbolism is found in both cartoons. Symbolism is the use of simple objects to stand for larger concepts or ideas. In cartoon “A” the door that the graduates enter is representing Unemployment. And it seems that there is nothing outside this door w...

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...ace and body; therefore, this exaggeration shows us the big difference and that the man cannot stand in front of this huge problem. The facial expressions of sadness on the face of the huge man is also exaggerated .The comparison is between the problem and the solution.
The persuasive techniques in both cartoons reflect the fact that we’re facing a real problem that is not easy to solve. But Cartoon “B” has better techniques and sends us the message clearly. If the problem of Unemployment remained unsolved, the economy will slow down. And this will make a very big difference in our country. The solutions are not simple, but we have a common interest, and together we can make a start like the International youth foundation, they’re offering an opportunity to young people to work and have better future and also this foundation exist at many countries not Egypt only.

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