Thanksgiving Political Cartoon

This cartoon is directly related to a current event, the refuge crisis, where many countries are restricting refugees from middle east countries due to recent terrorist attacks. The audience is Americans actively involved in politics with the power to make a difference. The message of this political cartoon is that the American pilgrims who came to the New World are similar to the refugees, in the fact that they are both fleeing persecution and they come to a new country needing help. The cartoon forces us to imagine if the pilgrims did not receive help from the Native Americans, in the same way we are denying help to the refugees. The purpose of this cartoon is to convince the audience that we should allow access to refugees and help them out the same way we were helped in our humble beginnings. To understand this cartoon, you have to understand the context of the story- the refugee crisis as well as the Thanksgiving story of the pilgrim and Native Americans.

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