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This is an editorial cartoon drawn bySean Delonas in PoliticalCartoons.com Store which relate to recent issue.
It is black in color and no any color.
The venue is in a house and there was a man sitting on the sofa and watching weather report.
Also, he was surrounded by three fans, but he was still sweating.
A devil reported the weather and the Celsius degree keep rising that is very hot.
The cartoon may relate to the weather of the America but recently there is
extremely hot and the people feel uncomfortable.
Many parts of the western United States experienced extreme hot weather and some parts are reaching to 45℃, so that
place just like an oven and people need to be more careful when they go out.
Furthermore, the artist uses
some techniques in the cartoon that make it more interesting and funny.
Firstly, the artist used caricature to present an American person.
He drew a man with a big nose and belly because they can exaggerate American people’s physical feature; hence, it can show that the issue of cartoon may happen in the America.
In addition, he used symbolism in order to bring out some messages.
There was a devil in the cartoon and devil meant died or misfortune.
But a devil reported weather forecast, and
then it showed that the hot weather seemed can kill people and make people feel
hard.
The artist also drew the characters with some emotional appeal.
When the man was watching television, he was very shocked and worried.
Therefore, many people may worry the extreme weather that may affect their
lives.
Lastly,the artist used exaggeration to stretch the truth.
In the cartoon, all the Celsius degrees were over 100℃,
but actually, if the degrees goes to 100℃, people already died.
Therefore, he only wanted to present that the situation is very strange.
Also, the man kept sweating and all of his sweat fell onto the floor,
so the weather was abnormally hot.
Source:http://www.politicalcartoons.com/cartoon/b0678187-215e-4a21-b13c-66601d8d500e.html