Each year, the New York Times does a cartoon contest where anyone can participate in. Kids, teachers, students, and more are allowed to submit their drawings. The cartoon above was drawn by 14 year old, Elise Mccomb. Although Mccomb may just be a freshman in high school, her understanding of modern day politics and the issues that The United States face with immigration is an issue that needs to be addressed. By using guilt and harsh diction, Mccomb won the contest and produced a meaningful cartoon.
The guilt that the 14 year old student used was in her drawling itself. She using Dora, a lovable fictional character to make the reader feel guilty that Trump is yelling at her. The reader is then hooked into cartoon once they feel emotion. Her appeal to pathos here is then further exemplified with the guilty diction she uses. She writes "where should we go next?" In an innocent manner to appeal to pathos even more.
Mccomb then uses harsh diction coming out of Trumps mouth to make the reader feel bad for Dora. The use of red outline of the speech bubble also makes his words seem more violent as well.
Through her appeal to pathos throughout this cartoon, this 14 year old student successfuly creates a winning cartoon with meaning behind it.
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