Through reviewing my
work on the comprehensive assignments, it appears I have several common themes
throughout these works; the first is the theme of disappointment and failure of
government. This theme is very apparent in
political cartoons two, five, and seven.
In these satirical political cartoons I depict disappointment in the way
government treats the Bill of Rights, the cost of the campaign process, and
finally the hindrance that bureaucracy can sometimes cause. While they are not
excessively harsh cartoons, the definitely portray a feeling of resentment and disappointment
in the current governmental system dealing with these key events. The theme of activism and change are also a
common theme especially depicted in political cartoon one and six. In the first one it is showing depicting the
positive effects of a united nation rather than individual states. This
portrays the theme that activism can lead to positive results. In cartoon six, the same theme is represented
by showing how it is the right and job of the individual to voice their opinions,
concerns, and questions to their representatives, and thus again showing how
activism can lead to positive results.
These political cartoons tend to portray more conservative
political leanings. This can be noticed
in several of the cartoons, but especially cartoon number two. This cartoon especially examines the failure
of the government to uphold some of our Constitutional Rights, such as the
Second Amendment Right, which is very much a conservative viewpoint. Cartoon number seven also demonstrates
conservative leanings, because conservatives often feel that government is too
large and overpowering, and has too much control over citizen’s daily lives,
which is represented by the bureaucracy in this cartoon. Throughout these
comprehensive assignments, I believe that my political leanings were fairly accurately
portrayed through these cartoon, and through these assignments I was able to
take a stance on several key issues in government.
