Graded Blog Post 35: Rhetorical Analysis of a Political Cartoon

The context of the political cartoon is that many countries including the United States are limiting the access of refugees going into the country due to terrorist attacks that happened in European countries that were supposedly caused by terrorists disguised as refugees. The audience of the cartoon appears to be Americans, perhaps those that are turning a blind eye to cold shoulder to the refugees in Europe and elsewhere. I believe that this is the audience, since other nations except for the Native Americans would not be as greatly affected by the image shown than Americans.

source:https://www.flickr.com/photos/cavatappo/5206351285

 The message is that the founders of the colonies were refugees themselves, and there wouldn't be a United States if the Native Americans didn't accept the refugees. This leads to the purpose of that we should be paying more attention to and not turning away refugees from the Middle East. The information you need in order to better understand the cartoon is the American version of thanksgiving. Also, knowledge that the pilgrims were persecuted because of their religion, and they sought religious freedom by heading to North America. This makes the pilgrims themselves refugees.