my+editorial+cartoon,+yo.



the event that inspired the cartoonist is soon-to-be-college-students not being ready for college, but going anyways. the people in this cartoon are made out to be highschool seniors that are going to go to college. there are real people in this cartoon. the cartoonist used symbolism, exaggeration, labeling, and juxtaposition. in this cartoon, symbolism is used in the weights holding down the "hot-air balloon" and the "hot air balloon" itself. the "weights" have words on them: remedial classes, tuition, $, proficiency problems, and maturity. these things are keeping the hot air balloon from rising off of the ground to "college". there is also exaggeration in this cartoon. the exaggeration is in the "hot air balloon" itself, that is titled: college readiness. there is alot of labeling in this cartoon. like i said before, the things weighing down the hot air balloon are labeled with the things that might stop people from getting to move forward onto college. the hot hair balloon is labeled, like i have also said before, with college readiness. now for juxtaposition. in this cartoon there are reasons, i believe, that certain things are next to eachother. there are two weights. they are right next to eachother. one says "tuition" and another has a dollar sign. a college tuition costs alot of money, and the dollar sign is right next to it. see where im going with this.. ? hm, im not exactly sure what the cartoonists opinion is. and if i something, and it is by far incorrect, i don't want to be the one that was being //accusatory.// so, i'm not so sure. but if i were to say something, i'm sure it would be something like: the cartoonist is trying to relay the message that not all high school seniors are as ready for college as they might seem. i agree with the cartoonist's opinion, mostly because its half my own (being that i dont really know what his opinion is for sure). i think that some students just arent ready for college, money is a big issue just as maturity is. if kids arent mature in their highschool years, how would they be mature in college. most kids think that college is just fun and full of parties, so they dont really worry about what really matters. what really matters has been brought up to topic in this cartoon.


 * The students aren't ready for college because of maturity problems, proficiency problems, remidial classes, and tuition money.**