Roosevelt Corollary Political Cartoon Analysis

 

     This political cartoon is about Roosevelt Corollary not letting and Europe or any other continent take land or be super involved with our hemisphere. You can see this with Roosevelt fighting off and not letting other nations be involved with our hemisphere. The cartoonist's message is that Roosevelt will defend our hemisphere from other countries and not let them get land from us or anything else. You can see this with Roosevelt and his big stick not letting other nations get near the U.S. and our hemisphere. Some other people might think that we should have just let Europe and other nations get involved and it would be okay and some nations would have colonies and territories. In the cartoon you can see the illustrator is strongly against this because Roosevelt is not letting them come in our hemisphere. The cartoonist uses exaggeration and labeling. You can see exaggeration where Roosevelt is very large and labeling where the document he is holding and the baton tied to his wrist. This cartoon supports my view on American Imperialism. You can see this because we are expanding, but not letting other nations expand in our hemisphere.