Political Cartoons

The main visual elements is this cartoon are the big man with a ribbon that says capitalism, a small man with a tag that says labor, and a big bag of money that says product from child labor. This cartoon is talking about how the big boss is just holding the man that says labor and is squeezing all the money out of him. This means that the bosses of companies wouldn't do much work and the labor would do all the work, but the boss would still get all of the money for his own pocket. The cartoonist obviously doesn't like capitalism because he feels the labor would do all the work, but then in the end they wouldn't get much money.
What leads me to believe this is the way the author drew the boss that says capitalism as a big, bad person and the man he is holding has a scared look on his face. It also shows that the worker's money is going to the boss and he has no money for himself. To make this cartoon more persuasive, the author could have used writing to show people what the cartoon was exactly about. He also could have made the facial expressions a little more clear.

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Reflection

One of my goals for this quarter was to improve my writing. I think thats going pretty well because I have already learned some new writing tips. One of them was to show instead of tell and that really helped me because I think that my writing has improved since when I first came to this class. I've already improved my writing a bit, so I'm sure that by the end of this quarter, it will be a lot better. My second goal was to get better vocabulary and not to use ordinary words. This goal hasn't exactly been met yet, but I think on the last couple of pieces I wrote, I used better words. The showing vs. telling helped for my second goal to because instead of just using ordinary words to describe experiences, I used more visual words. I have learned some new words too. I also used similes and metaphors. Overall, I think that mostly, my goals were met.

Mr. Coyle’s Investment Tips

I think that the tip that worked the best for me is "You must spend money to make money". This is because before I got that tip, I was trying my best not to spend too much of my money. I wasn't spending money, but at the same time I wasn't earning money. After a couple of rounds I tried to use that tip and it worked much better for me. Even though I started spending more money, I earned even more money then before. As a result, I actually earned a lot of money and I didn't lose too much. I learned that you must spend money and take some risk in order ot earn any money.

Net effectsof the Industial Revolution

Net effects of the Industrial Revolution

Positive:

• Factories were built for increasing manufacturing
• Means of transportation other than walking were invented
• The lives of people were improved and became easier
• Medicines were invented and people lived longer
• More goods to chose from

Negative:

• An increase in pollution
• Children and women did all the work
• People got low payment for long hours or work
• An increase in population