Mr Adam Zyglis Political Cartoon

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Visual Analysis of the Political Cartoon of Mr. Adam Zyglis' image. In 1983, a Christmas comedy movie was produced and base on a short story about a young kid called Parker, who only wanted a red Ryder gun for Christmas but his Christmas wish was denied by his mother, teacher and even Santa clause, they all said "you'll shoot your eye out." Finally, his father gave him a red Ryder as a present on Christmas. He took his gun outside and shot it at a target set on metal sign, the metal sign reflected the BB ricochets back at him and it hit the glasses off his eye. He really shot his eyes out as prophesied. Adam Zyglis depicted the image of the boy holding a gun using to signify how rifles had corrupted the way of living in the United States of America. To continue with, The young boy in Mr. Adam's image is within the age of 7 to 10 years old, he is putting on a broken glass which might be because he has problem with his eyes. The boy in the picture has a blonde hair and wearing a long sleeve with a blue stripe of lines. The boy in the image has a USA badge on his shirt. In his left hand lies a gun he is holding, pointing its tip to the air which is the Kairos of the picture. …show more content…

Most people believe that, owning a rifle is for protection, but in reality, they own guns just for possessing seek. The gun in the boy's hand has a tag on it, which stated, "gun culture" which has an important advantages in the way of live of the people relating to their ability to posses rifles in the United States of America. One can not even imagine the number of people roaming about carrying rifles as they say "my gun is for protection". which signifies the ethos Mr. Ziglis used to show that he is from the United states of American and has seen many things to make him depict such a great idea in his

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