Visual Analysis Of The Political Cartoon: You Ll Shoot Your Eye Out

Visual Analysis of the Political Cartoon: “YOU’LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT…”

In the political cartoon, “YOU’LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT,” drawn by Adam Zyglis published in the Buffalo News in 2012. He gives a message that shows the USA is heavily becoming a gun culture, society and shows this through seven words, “You’ll shoot your eye out,” and a tag saying, “gun culture,” as well as a well-known image being the main character from the movie A Christmas Story. A story about a boy who wants a BB gun and is told he’ll shoot his eye out. The image includes a military issued assault rifle in his hands, with a bow and a Christmas tag on it. The visual speaks of multiple issues surrounding guns, as well as arguments on gun safety, gun control, and various other

A lot of people have strong feelings towards children and them being harmed or hurting themselves. Seeing a child hurt plays on a lot of emotions: it strikes an instinct in people to protect the young, and mixes in emotions such as sadness, pity, and with anger at what caused the child to be in pain. What drives more emotion is the use of a character people know very well. The thing that caused the child to hurt themselves is shooting their eye out with a gun that was given to them without telling them how to use it safely. This by a culture that says guns are amazing things and everyone should own one. People end up hating a tool, and not those who don’t teach how to properly use this tool, those who don’t help teach how to properly and safely use them, should be targeted with anger. Another part that shows emotion, at least with the author is how the saying “YOU’LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT” is in all caps. Which usually in writing means a vocal increase. He also makes this image after we had sixteen shootings in the U.S. and the last was Sandy Hook. He also shows some Kairos with his job as a political cartoonist by distributing information about events. With this image he made after the Sandy Hook shooting, which helped spread emotions about guns. Furthermore, how can a person take the author’s credibility or trust

Zyglis shows the development of his ethos or credibility is that he has been a political cartoonist for years, as well as his work being used on multiple political sites. He shows that we can trust him by how much work he has done, and how his drawings make people feel is something any normal person should feel. He is a cartoonist for the Washington post and works at the Buffalo News, and he uses recent events that he should know with his line of work in law, politics, and our government and portrays them in an image that says a thousand words. Therefore, Mr. Zyglis knows how to use an image or few words to get his point