Annexation of Hawaii

The issue of this cartoon is the Annexation of Hawaii. The Annexation of Hawaii was when we took over Hawaii because we were settling there and there were good natural resources. The cartoonist’s message is that the queen of Hawaii and Roosevelt. Both sides are fighting (or weighing in this case) who has the control over the sugar cane farms. But the American man weighs more than the queen so we have more control. Other people might say that the queen should have the most control because it was her land but, because of imperialism, that did not happen. One technique is symbolism. One piece of symbolism is Uncle Sam in the background. Uncle Sam is smiling because we had won the sugar because we had more power (or weighed more) than the queen and, we had again expanded our territory. Second in major exaggeration. The queen of Hawaii is really fat and has a very ugly and mean face. Probably because she is angry about losing her land and the sugar cane. A third one is labeling. The author labeled that Uncle Sam is in Hawaii and had won the sugar. Hawaii still makes excellent sugar.

·      "Hawai'i Digital Newspaper Project." Hawai'i Digital Newspaper Project. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2016. <https://sites.google.com/a/hawaii.edu/ndnp-hawaii/>.

·      Flickr. Yahoo!, n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2016. <https://www.flickr.com/photos/uhmlibrary/sets/72157644686396116/>.