Some examples of these elements are hyperbole, metaphor, Irony, imagery, analogy, understatement and parody. Which are all satirical elements. In this essay it will discuss the subject, target, style/tone, values challenged, techniques and the impact on a certain cartoon. The cartoon that will be discussed is “Australia Too Crowded” which is created by a famous cartoonist Nicholson and published by a well known News Paper “The Australian”. Peter Nicholson is an Australian political cartoonist, caricaturist and a sculptor. The subject of “Australia Too Crowded” is very simple.
It consists of a police officer and of what looks to be an Arab family. The issue is that the family have come to Australia to live and work. The Arab family says to the police officer “Why can’t we stay in Australia? ” the police officer replies to the innocent Arab family “Too crowded”. But the problem is that in the background there is allot of open vacant land. This therefore shows the point of view of the cartoonist. Nicholson is trying to say that why can’t these immigrants stay in our country when we have all of this land.
Nicholson has used a stereotype to get his message across. The target of this cartoon is at most migrants and not necessarily Arabs. He has also targeted the police officer to represent all of the people that are against migrants coming to Australia including politicians and some of the society point of views. The style and tone of this cartoon isn’t very complex either. It is simply set out to make the cartoon easier to understand for the readers. The words are minimal and enough for the cartoonist to convey his message to the readers.
The Essay on Racism In Australia
Racism is visibly a continuing pattern in Australian society. It has been prevalent for many years, and has infiltrated through many generations of Australians. It is a highly observable fact, yet often ignored. It can be seen that the reason for it, however, can be based on the poor education system in Australia. In my essay, I will be discussing how racism forms at a young age due to our ...
The main focus of the cartoon is the police officer saying “Too crowded”. This is to get the reader concentrated on the mockery of the police officer. The tone is negative but humorous and meant to be made a joke out of. The views challenged in this cartoon are the views of society that say these people cannot stay here in this country which is sometimes thought to be racist. Some point of views is that they live in the desert in their country why can’t they live in ours? The majority of Australia is vacant land. Migrants are not an asset to our society.
The techniques that are used in this cartoon are stereotypes because of the Arab family. Hyperbole has been used to show the exaggerated effect of the open background. The hyperbole element is used in a very smart way to bring across the main point in this cartoon. Without these key elements in satirical cartoons the cartoonists would not be able to convey their message as easily as text. The impact not only on certain cartoons but on all satirical cartoons, video clips and text can affect larger amounts of people then just a simple informative speech.
However the impact of this cartoon could be on the certain political parties of our nation. They may see the issue or matter differently now they have seen the mockery of what their argument is. It could change the view on which society has on the argument. This cartoon has shown that it can use the satirical elements stereotype and hyperbole to convey a message to large amounts of people. It can display points of view in just simple pictures. Without these simple cartoons we could not display our argument as easily and less complex.
