TOW #6 - Political Cartoon of Trump's Wall

In a political cartoon in The New York Times by Ninan, Donald Trump is building his ideal wall that he plans on making between the United States of America and Mexico. In this political cartoon Trump states, “Yes, I want a wall. But not Made in China” (Ninan). Trump, who believes that America will become a better country without allowing immigrants into America, wants to create this wall if he successfully becomes president. These immigrants are presumably creating the danger in America and Trump thinks that building a wall will help decrease the rate of violence in America. Also, Trump wants this wall to be built by Americans and not from China even though his brands are made in China. The rhetorical devices in this political cartoon are imagery and satire. The vivid imagery in this political cartoon helps the audience view the Chinese men working hard on the wall as Trump, with a frustrated expression, complains that the Chinese are building the wall. The satire in the political cartoon shows the creator’s views on Trumps plan on building a wall. The author criticizes Trump by giving him an impolite facial expression and a rude manner towards the Chinese workers. The author shows how trump’s ideas relate to the Wall of China, by including this wall in the cartoon, as he wants to keep other countries, such as Mexico, out of America. The audience of this political cartoon is American citizens. The people who live in America are facing a difficult election with two presidents that are disliked by many people in America. The author is trying to persuade the people who either are for Trump or are undecided, to vote for Hillary Clinton because the ideas of Trump are very unoriginal and will not help America become a stronger country. This is also the author’s purpose because the author does not want Trump to be elected the next president and by creating this political cartoon, the author is able to express and show what they think of Trump. I think that the author successfully proved their purpose because with their use of rhetorical devices, they prove that Trump should not be elected the next president.

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