MY+Editorial+Cartoon+JD

[|Editorial Cartoon.bmp]The theme is a father and son are walking to McDonald's while the son is drinking soda and the father is reading the newspaper with a headline that reads, SCIENTISTS DISCOVER FAT GENE. A physically fit woman walks by them, reads the front cover of the paper and comments on the father and son!

The event that inspired me to draw this cartoon is obesity around the world. Whether it is adults or children, obesity is a huge problem and some of it comes from genetics. There are no real people in the cartoon, just a father and son outside McDonald's and a random womam who walks by and comments on the 2. I used symbolism in my cartoon, the McDonald's to exaggerate the fact that these two people are obese and what is a main cause of obesity (fast food). I used exaggeration when I drew the father and son. I tried to make it very obvious that these 2 were related and over weight and that the son got a fat gene from his father. I also exaggerated the where the obesity comes from,a nd that is McDonald's and other fast food places such as burger king. I made sure viewers would understand my position by drawing a newspaper that read, SCIENTISTS DISCOVER FAT GENE. I used juxtaposition by placing the McDonald's behind the over-weight father and son. Then I placed a physically fit woman walking by them to show that not all people are fat and most over-weight people should follow their example. My opinion on this topic is that children and adults should start to watch what they eat and exercise some more. I agree with all the advertisments that say, "Get up, Get out, and Go play!"