In the above cartoon, a man representing Great Britain is gobbling up the African continent. The artist is feeling satirical and wants to depict Britain's domination and conquest of African countries, especially the Southern part. I would have to agree with the unnamed artist and believe that this is quite the effective metaphor for the way in which Britain dominated and assimilated the southern part of Africa. I also appreciate the crazed look the artist gave the man to represent the fervor and craze of Imperialism which abosrbed the world.
From a different part of the world comes this masterpeice. Teddy Roosevelt pulls a long line of battleships behind him as he circles the Carribean Sea, and he is carrying his big stick while Eagles circle overhead. The artist took a rather stern view of the "Imperialistic" tendencies of the united States in the Carribean during this time. He pokes fun at Teddy by having him walk around with his metaphorical "big stick" and then sends his message with the ships, the first of which is titled " The Receiver " while the final one is titled "The Debt Collector." The author does not seem to be supportive of the U.S.' actions. I find this to be comical, but yet it has such a dark and sinsiter undertone. He makes fun of the president and his big stick and has him pull around toy battleships, but yet the way the battleships are named just makes the U.S. sound so bad. It infers that we set them up to be unable to pay off the debts they owe us and so they will be, in effect, indentured to the U.S.
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