Monroe Doctrine Political Cartoon Analysis

This political cartoon is about Roosevelt protecting the western hemisphere using the Monroe Doctrine. I can see this because there is a cannon that has the Monroe doctrine on it and it is targeting the European Kings. The author’s message is that Roosevelt is a guardian over Cuba and will defend it. I say this because Roosevelt is aiming at the European King because he had disrupt Cuba. Others might say that Roosevelt is defending the western hemisphere like a policeman. The author used an analogy. This is true because Cuba is like a crying child and Europe is like the bully. Also America is like the child’s protector. This supports my opinion on American imperialism because now the U.S. has power and global influence and is able to defend the western hemisphere.

6Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 21 Feb. 2016. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Roosevelt_monroe_Doctrine_cartoon.jpg