Cartoon Analysis

Around the IR many people, often muckrakers, expressed their opinions through expository articles and political cartoons. The cartoon displayed here, on the right is one of these attempts. The picture describes a gluttonous man who represents capitalism, robbing the skinny immigrant, who represents labor, of his money. The idea that the author attempted to portray was that the capitalistic system robbed immigrants and workers of their money. Capitalism is portrayed as an obiese man becuase the higher classmen that controlled the capitalism system were often gluttonous, and indulged in everything they could. Meanwhile, labor is portrayed as a skinny imigrant, becuase usually immigrants who The money bags around the men are filled with the money derived from child labor. The little caption on the bottom says, "Fi Fi Fo Fam, I smell the blood of the working man. Be he swift or be he slow, I'll grind his bones and get his dough." In this case dough is a slang term for money. This is my evidence that my analysis of the cartoon coincides with those of the author. Overall, this cartoon attempts to point out how the working class was thouroughly exploited by the capitalistic system.

My Goals, an update.

My first goal is to be able to have a Socratic Seminar where we actually have all the facts to back up our ideas and opinions. My second goal is to be able to write and revise my own essay without too much peer revision.

Well, so far one of my goals has been ticked off the list. In the final Socratic seminar, we rambled a little bit but over all we managed to base most of our facts off of points in the book. Also my final grade wasn't that bad either.
On my second goal, I think I'm doing pretty well. On the Interview assignment, I managed to edit my piece with an equal amount of peer revision. There wasn't much destructive criticism, and the comments were few, but helpful. I think that by the end of this Industrial Museum segment, I'll be able to publish a good piece that meets my goal.

The Stock Market Game

"You have to spend money to make money."

I feel that this quote relates to me in the stock market game we played. We started with only eighty dollars, but I managed to make it over two hundred dollars through buying and selling stocks. Part of this quote involves taking a risk, or spending money on what you think is a good investment. If you make the correct move, the money you spent can double or even triple in value. When Drexel Morgan hit a low of five dollars, some people thought I was crazy buying up that stock. However, when it spiked I made over fifty dollars per share. There was a risk that if Drexel Morgan had fallen farther, then I would have lost a lot of money. If you don't spend any money in investments, then you can never gain money if your potential stock rises. For every risk there is an equal and great reward. You can either take that risk, or stay happy with what you have, it's up to you.

Feedback August 25-29

Pros
-The Industrial Revolution promoted a century of economic and social growth
-It promoted the creation of time saving machines
-Created an evolved form of capitalism that benefits the buyer
- It created better infrastructure, roads, canals, etc.
- It promoted trade between nations all around the world

Cons
-The amount of air, water pollution that was emitted during the IR was enormous
-The horrible working conditions that people faced in factories
-The Laissez-faire that was created was out of control
-Monopolies were created that shut out small business owners
-With a rise in economy, living standards fell to shambles

So far, my view on the industrial revolution is described in the picture below