Rhetorical Analysis: 'Cry Me A Bridge'

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Cry Me a River, Build Me a Bridge “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you” (Matthew 7:1-2). A valuable parable instilled by Christ, with the intent that it be brought out by the elected Popes. Pope Francis is found in a paradoxical occurrence due to his hypocritical comment towards Donald Trump, one of the leading presidential primaries. Graeme MacKay’s February 2016 editorial/political cartoon portrays Pope Francis’ inequitable discernment in regard to Donald Trump’s proposal to have a wall built across the Mexican border. MacKay drew the animation displayed to serve as a reality check to his audience. It allows viewers to understand that people are flawed, regardless of their role as a leader, and that a wake-up-call may be obligatory.
Pope Francis accuses Donald Trump of being a non-Christian because of his plan to put up a wall across the Mexican …show more content…

Trump’s wall there are various buildings symbolizing his “empire,” as well as barbwire surrounding the wall implying his intent to protect rather than persecute. The Pope’s wall resembles that of a Cathedral hinting at his “empire.” This analogy expresses both of their commitments to their followers/citizens and what they believe in, and their misleading commentary between one another is both hypercritical and hypocritical.
When MacKay drew up this cartoon he used these two walls as a correlation between both people in order to illustrate that while Trump plans to build a literal wall to protect what he believes in, the Pope and Catholic church’s intent is the same with their metaphorical one. It depicts the fallacious assumptions of Pope Francis as well as emphasizes how both Trump and Pope Francis’ intent is to protect, not alienate. “Do you suppose, O man- you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself- that you will escape the judgement of God?” (Romans

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