This political cartoon is also on the subject of the Annexation of Hawaii. People may think that the US was not hurting Hawaii, but they were helping Hawaii. Other people may think that we were hurting Hawaii by taking over their own country very similar to the way to Great Britain try to take over us. To make this cartoon persuasive, many techniques were used such as symbolism and irony. Symbolism is used how Uncle Sam is taking a fork and picking up away as though he was going to eat it. Irony is used when the people from other countries are looking horrified by the way uncle Sam is picking up Hawaii with a fork and planning on eating it. As if he were adding it to America. This cartoon supports my opinion on anti-imperialism, because it shows Uncle Sam using a very big fork as if he were very greedy by taking all of Hawaii and eating it. It also shows the other people weren't getting their fair share of Hawaii. They were also looking horrified by how greedy Uncle Sam is being. I believe that America should not have taken Hawaii away from them in that way."Illustration: Annexation of Hawaii."
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