Cartoon Analysis

This cartoon is trying to show how england is trying to take full control of the world and has very imperialistic ideas. Visual elements like the arms, hands, and countries show this control that the center country, england, has. The author is trying to show that england is acting like an octopus, using its multiple arms to take over multiple countries. The author does not put this objective of englands in a positive light. One can figure this out using visual elements. The animal he used, an octopus, is not commonly used as a good animal as much as it is used as a bad animal. That one visual element gives a type of negative light on the whole cartoon. Also the whole idea of conquering has always been negative. If you look at it carefully it looks like the octopus has more control over those two center countries then any of the other countries. For real control the author could have used more of a grasp than just placing the hands there.