BY Faith Kirkpatrick
War on Paraguay
Photo
Logos
• The logical appeal in this
picture is the government
don’t always do what they say
there going to. The U.S
government sit up a fleet and
a small army and sailed to
Paraguay but they didn’t even
fight they instead resolved
things peaceful and had
champagne with the dictator.
The appeal is watch out for the
government they can trick
you.
War on Paraguay
Photo
Ethos
• The ethical appeal in this
picture is weather or not
the government was right in
not going to war with
Paraguay. There was a n
American life lost because
of the paraguay but at the
same time does two wrongs
make a right?
War on Paraguay
Photo
Pathos
• The emotional appeal in this
picture is to make the people
angry. People were all expecting
justice and revenge but all they
got was a champagne party. In
one picture it shows how people
wanted the war to end and how
they expected it to but in the
other picture it says what really
happens and the other picture
shows what really happened its
showed as everybody being
happy and making toast which
makes people angry cause they
wanted the first picture.
War on Paraguay
• This photo is in black and white and depicts two scenes from a war that
wasn’t really a war at all. Its shows a picture of an American solider
holding a gun to the dictator of Paraguay’s nose and has the title “How
people thought the war would end.” and the other says “How it really
ended.” Also in the back ground of the first picture it shows American
soldiers with the flag and on the other side it shows American soldiers and
the dictator having a party with champagne and are toasting to their
peaceful resolution. Also the dictator has his nose shaded darker to
emphasis “brown nosing” he was scared and started sucking up to the
Americans.
War on Paraguay
Questions
• What is the purpose of this image?
• Why do you think people might think when
viewing this cartoon?
• If the government did this today would you be
angry?
• Why did the author make this picture in black and
white?
• How could time alter the historical interpretation
of this picture?
War on Paraguay
Answers
• The purpose of this picture is to show how the government is
and to anger American citizens.
• I think people viewing this cartoon would be angry and realize
the government isn’t as big and bad as everyone thought.
• Yes and no just like I said in my response to the before
question id be mad the government got everybody all worked
up but also glad they could be civil.
• He made it black and white so you had to draw your own
conclusion about what was in the picture like the stuff laying
on the ground.
• Time could change it because peoples views change and
people would question weather or not it has historical
importance since there was only one life lost (still to many)
and no real war.
War on Paraguay
• Artist: John McLenan
• Time period: 1858 to 1859
• Publication: Harper’s weekly (April 30 1859)
• History: Paraguay wouldn’t allow U.S to send a scientific
expedition to the Parana river and fired upon a U.S boat and killed a
U.S solider also the U.S citizens who lived in Paraguay wasn’t
granted the same rights as Paraguay citizens and the dictator was
known to ransack their houses and take what he wanted.
• Analysis of title: The title is meant to be ironic because their
was no real war on Paraguay
War on Paraguay
Work cited
• (artist) John McLenan, Harper’s weekly 18581859
• Robert C. Kennedy (wrote editorial that goes
along with picture)