Economy Troubles

Outline

-plane falling from sky-plane = economy
-the passengers are frantic and don't know what to do- American people panicking about the economy
-the caption shows the pilot's downplaying of the situation
-luggage falling out- meaning that the American people are "losing everything."
-The plane represents the 9/11 attack, which is already associated with tradgety in the minds of the American people

This political cartoon represents many powerful images relevant to today's economic issues. First, the plane, with the words ECONOMY written in bold letters insinuates that our economy is indeed crashing. The passengers are representing all American's in that we do not know what to do and are in a state of panic, just as they are frantic in the picture. The pilots of the plane are also frantic, which illustrates that the leaders of our government are not taking charge of the situation and the caption further illustrates that they are down playing the severity of the problem. The luggage falling helplessly out of the plane shows the effects of the economic problems. Even today, many Americans are facing tighter budgets and are having to make many financial sacrifices. Finally, the image of the plane strikes emotion with many people in the association with the 9/11 tragedy and it is a direct comparison of how bad things were then and how bad things might get now.

Group members: Candace, Dave, James, Kelley, Rhett, and Meisha