Views From Abroad.

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FROM Belgium

Political cartoons are one of Upfront's most popular features. The ones you see in the magazine are usually drawn by Americans, but in the next few pages you'll see what cartoonists around the world are thinking about.

You'll probably find some of these cartoons easy to understand; you may have to mull over others a bit to figure them out. Why, for example, do you think the Belgian cartoonist who created the image above drew all the continents on a matchbox? Why is there a lit match? What point do you think he's trying to make about the times in which we're living?

When you look at each cartoon, consider its country of origin and ask yourself: What is it about, and why might the cartoonist think this way about the topic?

Keep in mind some of the devices cartoonists often use to express their ideas.

Symbol: an object widely understood to stand for a country, an idea, or an institution. Uncle Sam, for example, is a well-known symbol of the United States.

Caricature: an exaggerated drawing of a person, used either to poke fun or to make the subject instantly recognizable.

Hyperbole: a deliberate exaggeration, often used for comic effect.

Irony: a situation or statement that differs from what is expected. Examples: a fight breaking out at a peace conference or a pilot who's afraid of heights.

North Korea

FROM Jordan

OSAMA HAJJAJ * CARTOON MOVEMENT

FROM Italy

ENRICO BERTUCCIOLI * CARTOON MOVEMENT

Immigration/Refugees

FROM Brazil

SILVANO MELLO * CARTOON MOVEMENT

FROM Turkey

EMRAH ARIKAN * CARTOON MOVEMENT

Technology

FROM Morocco

ABDELGHANI DAHDOUH * CARTOON MOVEMENT

FROM Cuba

FALCO * CARTOON MOVEMENT

President Trump

FROM Bulgaria

CHRISTO KOMARNITSKI * CAGLECARTOONS.COM

FROM Costa Rica

ARCADIO ESQUIVEL * POLITICALCARTOONS.COM

Climate Change

FROM South Africa

BRANDAN REYNOLDS * CARTOON MOVEMENT

FROM Thailand

TAWAN CHUNTRASKAWVONG

Cartoon Analysis

1. In the cartoon from Jordan on page 2, what are the items on the vehicles from South Korea and North Korea, and what do they each represent? What is the artist trying to say about the two countries?

2. In the cartoon from Italy, what does each ball represent? Why is Earth in the middle?

3. How are the two boys' boats different in the cartoon from Brazil at the bottom of page 2?

4. What point do you think the cartoonist is trying to make?

5. In the cartoon from Turkey, what do the...