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Cartoon Analysis

Cartoon Analysis

Analyse the cartoon and answer the questions.

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Cartoon Analysis

In this cartoon, we see a shoe store setting with shelves of shoe boxes and a customer sitting on a bench. The salesman is holding a shoebox labeled "USA" and presenting it to the customer. The text of the cartoon reads: "Here's what you asked for ... 'shoes made in the U.S. by adult U.S. citizens' ... that's going to be $1,795." The cartoon is satirical and comments on the higher costs associated with goods that are made in the United States by adult workers, contrasting with the often cheaper goods produced overseas or potentially in contexts where labor laws might be less stringent. It plays on the notion that products made domestically, particularly by fairly compensated adult workers, can be significantly more expensive than those produced in countries with lower labor costs. The punchline is in the extraordinary price quoted by the salesman, which is meant to be shockingly high for a pair of shoes, thus exaggerating for comedic effect.