Political Cartoon

Response: 

This political cartoon is depicting the U.S in relation to  China's declining economy. The year of the sheep was 2015 and predicted that this year would be gentle, in other words, the year of the sheep should have predicted an unchanging economy if not a prosperous and growing one. The artist is trying to get the reader to focus on the bear, the symbol of China's economy, because it is the biggest, most exaggerated piece of this cartoon. Through his word choice and use of satire, as well as the things the artist chose to exaggerate, his opinion would seem to be that while the U.S is slightly uncomfortable at the new decrease of China's economy, China is in more trouble than we are. However, you could also interpret this cartoon as the bear attacking the U.S, portraying the effect that China's economy has on the U.S.  I think that this cartoon is persuasive in that even if you didn't look at the rest of the cartoon, the bear representing China's economy would stand out and stick in the mind. This focuses on the bad position that China's in, instead of the possibly bad or at least uncomfortable situation that the U.S is in. The artist could have exaggerated his Wall Street characters more to portray the real state that the U.S is in if China's economy does crash.  

Citation:

“Political Cartoons” 2015. WORLD news group. 29 Sep. 2015. <http://www.worldmag.com/editorialcartoons/>