Panama Canal Summary

Panama Canal Summary:

    The cartoonist’s message is how the people who wanted money for the built of the canal. They triggered the anger in Columbia which where we fought won and earned Panama’s freedom almost like killing two birds with one stone. One of the techniques they used was symbolism. They used it by the paper the man in suite is carrying the bill, he triggers the egg which is Columbia, that hatches into Panama, and that leads to Panama Canal for Roosevelt. The second technique is labeling. It is used when labeling the egg, Columbia and the chicken Panama Republic. The issue was to provide Panama freedom from Columbia so that they can create a canal and use it for boats. Other people would have thought of it as sneaky and smart because of how it would let us grow wider in the southwest. Another reason would be that it would be how Panama also gets to join the politics in some sort of way plus be able to trade more frequently with us. The American Imperialism was not used and we made poor decision to anger a war with Columbia which wanted nothing of that sort.

Panama Canal MLA:

"Theodore Roosevelt: Political Cartoons: Panama Canal." Almanac of Theodore Roosevelt. Chapultepec, Inc., 1999. Web. 9 Feb. 2016. <http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwimicuc4YXLAhVBMGMKHWIyBLoQjB0IBg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theodore-roosevelt.com%2Ftoonsbytopicpanamacanal.html&bvm=bv.114733917,d.cGc&psig=AFQjCNExzexlfvEP8gnMrWXho6-BX2gOZQ&ust=1456037681540343>.