 Please write until the teachers ask you to stop about the cartoon you are handed. Try to analyze it as best you can.
 Write your response on the BACK of the cartoon.

 What are the types of POV?
 First Person – A dead giveaway is the use of the pronoun “I.”
 Think about who is telling the story. Are they watching it happen or are they making the decisions?
 Third Person Omniscient – A dead giveaway is the use of the pronouns “he,”
“she,” “they,” etc.
 The narrator knows everything that is happening, even if it is not happening to him/her. He/She will most likely know the significance of the story or events in the story. This is the most flexible POV and allows the widest scope.
 Third Person Limited Omniscient – Like tpom, BUT this narrator only knows what ONE character feels, thinks, etc.
 The narrator knows more about the character than the character knows about him/herself.
 Third Person Objective (or Dramatic) – A dead giveaway for this POV is the use of extensive dialogue. This POV is similar to tpom and troml, but the narrator can only say what is happening – he/she cannot see into the minds of any other characters.
 This POV is like you are watching a movie – you the watcher (reader) are allowed to make your OWN inferences; the narrator won’t make them for you.

 Ask yourself these questions:
 Who tells the story?
 How much is this person allowed to know?
 To what extent does the author look inside the characters and report their thoughts and feelings?

 To know whether the events in the story are interpreted by the narrator or by one of the characters. If it is interpreted by one of the characters:
 How does the character’s mind and personality affect his/her interpretations?
 Is the character perceptive or imperceptive? (able to figure out what’s going on, or not?)
 Is the character trustworthy?

 Know whether the writer has chosen his POV for maximum revelation of his/her material or for another reason:
 Has the author has chosen his/her POV mainly to conceal certain info until the end of the story, thus maintaining suspense?
 Did the author deliberately mislead the reader by presenting events through an untrustworthy character for some reason? (like making a climax more exciting or allow the reader to have an “ah-ha” moment when the truth is finally revealed?

 Know whether the author has used her/his selected
POV fairly and consistently:
 Do the person whose thoughts and feelings we are admitted have pertinent info that he/she does not reveal?
 Is the POV consistent? Why isn’t it? Is there an artistic reason? (Like for a bigger BANG! at the end?)

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 Ask yourself these questions:
 Who drew the cartoon?
 (speaker, writer or artist)
 How much is this person allowed to know?
 First person, Third Person Omniscient, Third Person
Limited, Third Person Objective
 To what extent does the artist look inside the characters and report their thoughts and feelings?
 Is the artist speaking FOR the characters? Think about the time period.

Questions to ask yourself:
 Who is the speaker/writer?
 In a cartoon, you would ask, who drew this cartoon?
 What details does he reveal?
 Why is it important to know who the speaker is?
 His profession, views, etc.

 How does your knowledge of the larger occasion and the smaller occasion affect how we view and analyze the text/cartoon? (This requires you to recall your background knowledge)
 Is there a smaller occasion? Perhaps a smaller event that relates to this cartoon? Do you think that is what inspired the artist to draw it?
 Is there a larger occasion? Perhaps a general feeling in the US that would lead the general public/people to agree or disagree with the artist?

 Who is the audience? What are their characteristics?
 Think about where the cartoon may have been published.
 How is the audience related to you as the reader/viewer?
 Does this relation compare/contrast to the American
Dream? How/ How not?
 Why is the cartoonist addressing (drawing for) this audience?

 What does the author hope to accomplish by his expression of his opinion? Is he trying to persuade the general public in one way or another?
 How should the audience respond?
 How does the cartoonist WANT the audience to respond?

 What message is the cartoonist trying to portray?
 In other words, what is he trying to say?
 What are his main ideas/arguments/points?

 What attitude does the cartoonist want us to have towards the Chinese? The Blacks? The Indians?
 Think about if you were living during this time, or think about your ancestors – would this cartoon influence them to believe the cartoonist? Why/Why not?
 How does the cartoonist’s attitude enhance the effectiveness of his drawing?
 Think about what you are passionate about – are you more likely or less likely to be able to communicate your ideas and beliefs better or worse?

 Duckart, Tracy. “Elements of Fiction: Point of View.”
The Cache. Humboldt State University, 18 Aug.
2007. Web. 7 Oct. 2012.
 Morse, Ogden. “SOAPSTone: a Strategy for Reading
and Writing.” AP Central. College Board, 2012.
Web. 7 Oct. 2012.