TOW #3 - The Effects of Tobacco

In a cartoon from The Khaleej Times, the author Paresh demonstrates the growing problems of the tobacco industry. In this political cartoon, a healthy protestor who is against tobacco is standing in front an unhealthy tobacco smoker. This smoker is the only one against the wall that is alive in this cartoon and is telling the people next to him to “target him if you can!”. The three people on the bottom of this cartoon have died due to the growing use of tobacco. The person who is smoking in this cartoon does not even realize the danger of tobacco and how it leaves an impact on the people around him. The tobacco industry in the background is distributing smoke from the factory and starting to pollute the Earth. On the right, the clear blue sky is shown as the black smoke on the left travels towards the sky. The signs in this cartoon show how tobacco can be very dangerous but the person in front of the protestor refuses to agree with the signs. One of the signs states, “tobacco kills!” and represents that tobacco is very dangerous for human beings and people who smoke can also impact the people around them. This cartoon was intended for tobacco users or any person who is planning to start tobacco to show that using it is very harmful to a person’s body and can lead to death. The author’s purpose was to show the audience how tobacco can be very dangerous in the world and impact people’s daily lives. Imagery and pathos are rhetorical devices that are used in this cartoon to show the audience the impact of tobacco. Using imagery helps provide the audience with a vivid picture of the effects of tobacco. This cartoon also appeals to pathos to show the devastating effects on the world. In the world today, tobacco has impacted many people’s lives by causing death and diseases. This cartoon is able to spread awareness to the world by showing how tobacco can affect every person living on the Earth.

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