The news is flooded with pictures and stories of the refugees fleeing parts of the Middle East for Europe. ISIS and other extremist groups are rapidly killing and threatening innocent citizens, which has created a mass movement of refugees fleeing the terror. Cartoonist David Horsey illustrates here "a refugees view of the world". Horsey is a Pulitzer Prize winning artist, whose works are published in U.S. News, L.A Times, and many other newspapers around the world. In this cartoon specifically, Horsey is drawling for an audience of US News readers, or anyone interested in the immigration conflicts occurring overseas. He depictes the horrible and brutal circumstances for the immigrants, and how both sides of their world are filled with terror, and argues that the world the refugees live in, is a world where they are born into fear.
The use of juxtaposition compares the dictators and fanatical terrorists that impact these people, forcing them to leave their own country. He compares them as both frightening animals that are bringing hell to earth as they fight each other and the citizens that reside besides the. As well as juxtaposition, he utilizes compelling imagery, turning the words of "dictator" or "terrorist" into a great beast that the refugees are running from. Now that the reader sees these words as not only a compilation of letters but a chaos creating machine, they began to feel sympathy for the refugees. Due to his use of these rhetorical devices, he is able to show that all the refugees know is violence and terror. His purpose here is clear and effective, allowing the observer to see that the refugees mean no harm; they simply are running from the horrible violence that their countries are filled with. I believe that he does a very effective job in achieving his purpose, as anyone viewing this cartoon could not help but feel hatred for the "beasts" and sorrow for the refugees. Through using these devices, he achieves his argument.
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