This political cartoon depicts illegal immigration as a growing issue in America. The artist, Kevin Tuma, is a well renowned political cartoonist who draws for CNS News (a well-established conservative news website). The context of this piece is causal because in this generation, more immigrants are entering America illegally per year. The purpose of this cartoon is to address America's leniency on illegal immigration, and how it is growing each year. Kevin Tuma accomplished his purpose by including a historical element- the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty, the icon of freedom and opportunity for immigrants to come to America, has a shocking expression on her face when she sees the "tsunami" of people entering the country. Tuma drew this to show that even the Statue of Liberty is astounded by the superfluous amount of people entering America illegally. The audience of this piece is the legal citizens of America who are angered by the large number of illegal aliens entering their country and taking up their job opportunities. The rhetorical elements in this piece are logos because it shows a quantitative amount of illegal aliens coming to America per year and ethos because it establishes credibility of the highly recognized and historical Statue of Liberty. Also, some visual elements include the placement of the tsunami being larger than the huge statue as she looks up at it, and the contrast of the dark cloud on top symbolizing death and bad situations.
"Immigration Cartoon by Kevin Tuma - Political Immigration Cartoons - Immivasion - Immigration Invasion." Immivasion - Immigration Invasion. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Sept. 2011. <http://www.immivasion.us/cartoons/kt_tsunami2_w.html>.
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