Annexation of Hawaii

Uncle Sam Catches the Ripe Fruit

The issue that this political cartoon is about is the Annexation of Hawaii. In the cartoon, the apple (Hawaii) is falling into Uncle Sam’s hat. The cartoonist’s message is that obtaining Hawaii was easy for Uncle Sam. In the political cartoon, Uncle Sam looks very happy about what has happened. Others might see this cartoon and think that Uncle Sam wanted to have more fruit off the tree. The techniques that the cartoonist used to make it persuasive are labeling, and symbolism. The cartoon shows labeling because each apple on the tree has the name of a country or territory, and it shows symbolism because the fruit is just falling out of the tree. The cartoon supports my position on American Imperialism because Uncle Sam isn’t doing anything to get the fruit. It just comes to him.

"The Morning Call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, January 29, 1893, Image 1." News about Chronicling America RSS. Library of Congress. Web. 17 Feb. 2016. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94052989/1893-01-29/ed-1/seq-1/>.