editorial+cartoon

MY Editorial Cartoon JD

The theme of this cartoon is that childrean all over the world are over weight and should get off the couch, go on a diet, and get some fresh air and exercise.



The event that this cartoon focuses on is the obesity issue with children. With all the new junk food coming out, kids are mostly on the couch eating then getting up and playing outside. There are not any real people in the cartoon, however a mother, father, and son are being portrayed and the mother is glad her son doesn't follow a bad crowd, but the joke is that the father knows he won't run with a bad crowd, because running would be exercise. The artist used labeling/captioning by writing in the picture with the over weight boy, there is a newspaper that reads KIDS GETTING FATTER. The artist also used analogy by having the mother say something like shes glad that her son doesn't run with a bad crowd and by run she meant follow, but her husband took it the toher way and said that running would be exercise. The cartoonist feels that child obesity is a bad thing. I can tell this because his picture explains that kids shouldn't be on the couch eating junk food all day everyday, they should be getting fresh air, playing, and exercising outside! I 100% agree with this statement because the world would be such a healthier place if people would just watch what they eat and watch television at a minimum and go outside and get some exercise!