The Galley
Source: Puck 1909
Artist: Art Young
Library of Congress
LC-DIG-ppmsca-26398
In your small groups, use the Cartoon Analysis Worksheet to analyze and discuss the use of metaphor, symbols, and allusions in the argument presented in this cartoon.
1. An argument is not a slogan. The title of this cartoon is "The Galley." The notice on the wall reads, "Child-labor Investigators, Sentimentalists, Charity Organizations, and Meddling Old Women Keep Out." What is this cartoon about?
2. What do the children at the oars represent in this cartoon?
3. What allusions are being referenced?
4. Besides "Greed," what is represented by the large figure on the right? How does the visual distortion of the size of the figure add meaning to its name?
5. Explain what this cartoon means.
