WWI Poster Analysis

1. Propaganda is usually used in comic pictures about the government or about a war/ national issue.
2. Propaganda- information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
3. Set 7 Images:
4. Image 1, Image 2, Image 4
1. I first notice the big red letters at the top "Boys and Girls". Then it goes down in a different color saying that the boys and girls can help Uncle Sam win the war. There is a little girl sitting on Uncle Sam's shoulders and the little boy looking up to Uncle Sam. I think what the artist is trying to portray to the view is that even if you are a young girl or boy, you can still make a contribution to help the war. Even if its saving up the quarters to buy war saving stamps.
2. Looking at this image I first noticed the three men. The middle man resembles Uncle Sam. The man on the far right is holding wheat, the one in the middle, that resembles Uncle Sam, is holding a basket full of farm vegetable, and the last man is also holding a basket with farm vegetables also in it. It also has in very big letters "food" the artist wants it to stand out. I feel like the artist is making point by having three strong looking Americans carrying the food, says that America is a provider for the world since the wording on the bottom says "The world cries food, keep the home garden going."
3. The last image is of a little boys saluting a bowl of corn oatmeal. The writing at the bottom is telling the viewer how good the corn/ rice oatmeal is, also saying to let the wheat go to out countries soldiers. The artist is trying to show how good the corn/rice oatmeal is and how they are helping out their country by buying the oatmeal, because by buying the corn/ rice oatmeal the children and the adults are shown that they are helping their country out even though they are not participating in the actual fighting.
5. The audience the images appeal to
1. For the first image, I think the image is directed to a children audience, since in big red letter it says 'BOYS and GIRLS". Also the drawing is of Uncle Sam carrying the little girl on his shoulders and the little boy is looking up to him. Most children in this time period probably wanted to help out with the war so by saving their quarters they could, in their minds, help with the war.
2. The second image is most likely directed to the women and men. By having the strong looking men carrying in the foods and saying "Keep the home garden going" the artist is targeting the men and women to help keep their own gardens going and producing food to help benefit the war, by being able to feed their soldiers.
3. The fourth image is manly targeting the children and some adults. By having the little kid saluting the bowl of corn/ rice oatmeal, and saying at the bottom "leave the wheat for the soldiers". It gives a sense that the kids are helping out with the war since they are buying the corn/ rice oatmeal they are letting their soldiers have the wheat oatmeal and not letting their soldiers go hungry.
6. I'm not very comfortable with the idea of the government spending tax dollars to make posters. I think those taxes dollars could go to something more needed like making sure the soldiers have enough food, etc. I can see why they do make them though. After you think about it, the government is making little "advertisements" to help the country out while america was in a war. I just like the idea of using the taxes dollars.
7. The government needed to invest in the poster because they had to find a way to keep the americans helping out while the WWI was using a lot of resources. By knowing the kids wanted to help out in the war some way they told them from the posters to save your quarters in order to buy war saving stamps, and by the kid saluting the bowl of corn/ rice oatmeal it makes kids think that they are making a impact in the war by letting the wheat oatmeal go to the soldiers over seas.