Climate change.

• Position: Cartoons - Brief article

Cartoon Analysis

1. Who does the man in the cartoon from Italy, at left, represent? What has he discovered, and what caused it?

2. Why might the continents on the globe be covered in smog?

3. What point do you think the cartoonist is making about the connection between climate change and the world's developed and developing nations? Do you agree or disagree? Why?

4. In the cartoon from Switzerland, below, who's on the poster one of the penguins is holding?

5. Why does the other penguin ask whether they'll get some attention now?

6. Compare the two cartoons on this page. In what ways are they similar? In what ways are they different?

7. Look at the cartoon from the Philippines about guns in the U.S., on page 2. What symbol has the cartoonist changed to make his point?

8. Do you think it's a fair representation of gun violence in America? Explain.

9. Look at the cartoon from the Netherlands about the migrant crisis, on page 2. Who do the men represent? What about the zeroes they're holding?

10. Why does one of the men say they don't quarrel about refugees? What's ironic about his statement?

11. Look at the cartoon from Honduras, on page 3. Who does the man represent, and what's his dream?

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