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Obesity adds weight to our amount of global threats.

This cartoon was inspired by the global threats the world deals with. There are no real people in this cartoon. The cartoonist used symbolism when he had the large man, bird, and smoke stack represent the global threats obesity, the bird flu, and global warming. The cartoonist used exaggeration when he made the man representing obesity extremely large so it stood out from the other threats. The labeling in this cartoon made it more clear which symbol represented which global threat. The captioning helped you under stand the difference between he intensity of the threats. There is irony in this, because people would think that global warming and bird flu would be the most major, but obesity is actually larger, litarly. The cartoonist opinion in this cartoon is that obesity is a major problem, bigger than many others, and needs to be fixed over time. Yes, we need to make our world more healthy.

I think editorial cartoons are popular, because they are fun to make and they make you laugh. They also can make you think deeper on important topics. I think editorial cartoons help people discuss current events, because they state the artist's opinion on a topic in a special way that allow people to see your feelings, then agree or disagree. The only problem with discussing a topic with cartoons is for some topics it isn't appropriate for time and formal purposes. Some topic are too

This cartoon was inspired by the issue that obesity is a growing problem in the U.S. There are no real people in the cartoon. I used symbolism when I had the the "Obesity Strikes America Burger" represent the problem in the U.S. I used exaggeration when I had the burger in the boy's hands extremely large to represent how unhealthy they are. My opinion on the topic is that is a serious growing problem and people need to be more aware of what they're eating to end this issue.

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