Annexation of Hawaii

The issue at hand is dealing with the Annexation of Hawaii. The issue that the cartoonist is conversing about is that the woman on the left is depicted as the “daughter” of Uncle Sam and that she had sent her father a letter saying that everything is going tremendous. Opinions that others may discuss is that although the picture depicts Hawaii as thriving and as paradise some might be able to see behind that mask and recognize that the Hawaiian’s could be upset for being annexed by the United States government and for the overthrown meant of Queen Liliuokalani.

Techniques being used is labeling as the author depicts Hawaii as thriving and having find climate along with peace, prosperity, and loyalty. There’s also some irony hinted because in the back you have the message saying, “Report from Filipines: Send more troops.” You’d think that if the United States was successful in being able to control Hawaii after they annex it you could imagine the same for the Philippines, but obviously not so as after the Spanish-American War the Philippines’s had rebelled. This cartoon doesn’t support my position on American Imperialism because I believe that America didn’t have the right to annex Hawaii without their consent.  

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