Gas Prices going up
This cartoon tells us how many people are happy in the beginning when they see cheap gas prices at first and the end people get sad when they have to pay high for gas. The cartoon comments the person entering in the gas station, mistakenly thinks that the price of gas dropped about .99 cents. The station owner tells the man how the price was not .99 cents but 99 dollars (too expensive that no one could afford). The man in the truck must have felt really sad on how gas at first was only.99 cents and now is shocked on how expensive it has got. The cartoon shows how the man cannot afford paying $99 and would have to sell his truck and buy a smaller vehicle that would allow him not coming to the gas station that often. He might find away on getting back and fort from one place to another, which is happening pretty much today as gas prices have been getting higher as time passed. Many people really wish they could go back to the good old days when gas was only less than $1. People would always go anywhere but as time had passed, gas prices have increased a lot between 1999-2014. I really wish gas prices would drop back about .99 cents, but 99% say that it unlikely that is going to ever happen. Back when I was born gas prices use to be around .99 cents to $1 for a quite a long time.
The editorial cartoon is effective because the gas station sign says $99 not .99 cents. The man must have not carefully red the sign and was confused between the dollar and cent sign. The technique that the artist uses is that how the man was surprised when he first pulled into the gas station and how he was amazed that gas prices had dropped to .99 cents really quick. My interpretation from this cartoon is that gas prices in the future will somehow be cheaper then what were paying right now. First, gas prices only go up when oil prices go up which is due to either hurricanes, refinery shutdowns, and the wars/unrest in the middle east. Second, everything can be possible, for example, we all thought that gas prices would never go down to $1 after 2005 but in 2008 the price of gas averaged about $1.60 and many people were surprised on how gas prices were expensive at first and then dropped significantly lower. Finally, the U.S. might get oil from its own country instead of going to other countries such as Saudia Arabia or other middle east countries that it has been doing for a long time.
The editorial cartoon is effective because the gas station sign says $99 not .99 cents. The man must have not carefully red the sign and was confused between the dollar and cent sign. The technique that the artist uses is that how the man was surprised when he first pulled into the gas station and how he was amazed that gas prices had dropped to .99 cents really quick. My interpretation from this cartoon is that gas prices in the future will somehow be cheaper then what were paying right now. First, gas prices only go up when oil prices go up which is due to either hurricanes, refinery shutdowns, and the wars/unrest in the middle east. Second, everything can be possible, for example, we all thought that gas prices would never go down to $1 after 2005 but in 2008 the price of gas averaged about $1.60 and many people were surprised on how gas prices were expensive at first and then dropped significantly lower. Finally, the U.S. might get oil from its own country instead of going to other countries such as Saudia Arabia or other middle east countries that it has been doing for a long time.
Grammar Fix: price of gas dropped TO 99 cents not about 99 cents. Grammar Fix: when was gas was only than $1. Use better word choice to make your essay not sound like your talking to us. Everything else is good.
ReplyDeleteGreat start here, Ali! Be sure to read through carefully and maintain formal language (no "Anyway"). Also, you need to more carefully analyze how the cartoon develops meanings. What techniques does the artist use? Symbols?
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