The issue that this political cartoon is about the annexation of Hawaii. The cartoonist's position on this issue is that the annexation of Hawaii was good for the United States, but bad for Hawaii because they had lost their freedom to the U.S. I think that other people could also have the opinion that Hawaii was actually getting help so that they could learn democracy, what the United States wanted for the nationwide population. America wanted democracy to be the only form of government at that time. The cartoonist used labelling and analogy to make this cartoon persuasive. The labelling is on Queen Liloukalina's dress to show who she is and the importance of her during the annexation of Hawaii. The analogy is comparing Hawaii's queen to a monster. This cartoon is supporting my analysis because I think that taking away Hawaii's queen, and taking away Hawaii's freedom.
"Illustration: Depiction of Queen Liliuokalani." Flickr. Yahoo!, n.d. Web. 19 Feb. 2016. <https://www.flickr.com/photos/uhmlibrary/6669565893>.
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