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#Dr. Seuss Went to

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How to Identify a Political Cartoon

First you need to look at every detail. It is also helpful to know the author to know what kind of cartoons he draws. Also symbols are very important in cartoons. To figure out what the symbols mean you need to know about the time period that the cartoon is about.

You also need to keep an open mind , have a good sense of humor and have a good imagination to understand political cartoons.

Try to identify this cartoon below

Remember the things to help

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About Theodore Seuss

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War II cartoonist

Theodore Seuss Geisel was born on March 2,1904 and died on September 24, 1991. Geisel was born in Massachusetts. In 1925 he graduated at Dartmouth College and he wrote for the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern humor magazine. He also went to Lincoln College Oxford to earn a but ended up marrying Helen Palmer and forgot about his doctorate. Geisel also submitted more and more cartoons to magazines and became nationally known for his advertisements. Geisel also heard about many children being illiterate so he created children's books that were easy to read and understand. As World War II started he started to draw political cartoons. He drew over 400 cartoons in two years He opposed of things related to Hitler He also supported President Roosvelt. In 1943 he joined the U.S. army. In the army he was Commander

Of the Animation Dept. of the First Motion Picture Unit of the United States Air Forces. There he wrote scripts to become a motion picture. Geisel ’s pen name was Dr. Seuss and it was written on many of his works. Dr. Seuss also won many awards such as many Academy Awards. In 1967 his wife committed suicide because of a terrible illness. Later Dr. Seuss died in 1991.

A postage stamp honoring Dr. Seuss.

Here are some cartoons by me about World War II

Introduction

When World War II started Dr. Seuss started drawing political cartoons mostly opposing the Japanese and Hitler. At least 200 of his cartoons were put together in a book called Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel by Richard H. Minear, which is the first book describing Dr. Seuss’s political side. A lot of times his cartoons look like the illustrations in his children’s books. He also drew Japanese people like a racist and often made a dachshund represent Germany and cats representing Japan. Here is some more information and cartoons about Dr. Seuss.

This cartoon is by Dr. Seuss and is about World War II. It also has words describing the cartoon. The symbol on the cartoon is probably the man’s smile because it says at the top “Wipe that Sneer off his face. Dr. Seuss opposed of Hitler and the Nazis and also Japan the man could be Hitler, a Japanese leader, or another Nazi leader. It is probably a Japanese leader because When it says at the bottom to “Buy war savings bonds and stamps Seuss means to buy war savings bonds and stamps to support the army.

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How I Identify a Political Cartoon

Wikipedia,The Free Encyclopedia (Nov. 7 2006)Wikipedia ,the free encyclopedia

2001 Dr. Seuss Nov. 8, 2006

orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic

2000 Dr. Seuss Went to War: A Catalog of Political Cartoons by Dr. Seuss

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