Open Door Policy Political Cartoon Part 2

 

 

      The political cartoon is a representation of the Open Door Policy. The message of the cartoon is that the U.S. stopped the nations around the world from "cutting up China." This is evident with Uncle Sam standing in the center of China and stopping others from cutting up China. Others could say that the cartoon's message is that the U.S. put China under there sphere of influence. This would be because it looks as if Uncle Sam is showing that the U.S. has power over China due to him planting his sword on China and having a high-power stance. The cartoonist used both symbolism and labeling. There is symbolism involved because there are different people that represent the many nations, such as Uncle Sam representing the U.S. Labeling was used to label the map as the map of China, so the viewer would know what the nations are cutting up. The cartoon supports imperialism because we stopped other nations from cutting up China, allowing us access to many of China's markets and not just a few of them.

 

   "Cartoon Of The Open Door Policy - The Koller Report - N.Koller." Cartoon Of The Open Door Policy - The Koller Report - N.Koller. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2016. <https://sites.google.com/a/ncps-k12.org/amhnews-n-koller-2011/economic/hay-unlocks-the-doors-to-china/cartoon-of-the-open-door-policy>.