Evolution Of Political Cartoon

Political cartoons are used as a way to poke fun at the government, at authoritative or governmental personnel, or at different organizations and all of their followers. They had a major influence on the population of the city of Dayton, Tennessee, the entire nation, but most prominently on the Scopes trial itself. Many different kinds of political cartoons were aimed at many different ideas and people during the course of the trial and even in the years after the trial occurred. Political cartoons became a very popular way of expressing contempt or disappointment in the government and in other organizations and people surrounding the trial. Some of these cartoons targeted the city/town of Dayton, Tennessee as a whole, some targeted specific
This cartoon was written by Orr and was published in the Chicago Tribune. In the story of Don Juan Quijote, He ran away from home in search of the knight's dream, to go out in search of adventure and glory and to rescue the damsel in distress only to marry her and live happily ever after. He then found his adventure and ended up thinking that windmills were giants and flocks of sheep were armies. He ended up going crazy. This cartoon is poking fun at Bryan by comparing him to the great Don Quijote tackling the windmill giant (evolution). It is implying that he is a crazy man for even trying this feat. It is also implying with the caption at the bottom, "He is always seeing things," that Bryan is making the evolution issue much bigger than it really is. It is implying that evolution is only a "giant" in his own mind. To everyone else it is not that big of a deal, but to him, it is a huge ordeal. Another example of a cartoon poking fun at one specific individual is example 5. It was written by Ward and could be found in "Judge." This example shows two men, one who is Clarence Darrow and the other who is Bryan. Darrow is towering over Bryan, treating him like a child and pretty much asserting his dominance over the opposition. He is using the statement "There ain't no Santy Claus!" because it is something that you would say to a child and it just goes on to emphasize that the public sees
The first, in example 7, you see a big oak tree right in the center. Off in the background is another oak tree but that one is smaller and on both of the trunks, you see a small little cluster of leaves. The big huge tree in the front is to symbolize Christianity and it's firm hold in the ground. The smaller oak tree in the background represents science, which is growing in size and almost as big as the first. The small little leaf clusters symbolize the arguments on both sides and the effects that they are having on religion and science as a whole. In many different cultures, the oak tree is a symbol that is very highly regarded and associated with the Gods and strength. It is no wonder why they chose Christianity to be the main oak on the cartoon because it is what our country is founded on. It has been there for a lot longer than much else. The science oak tree however, is rapidly catching up to the size of the Christianity tree because more and more things are starting to make sense the farther science comes along. In addition, it is becoming a major principle that the newer United Stated is being founded on. The caption at the bottom is a very powerful one because it links religion and science together. The caption "The oaks that braved a thousand storms," says that throughout everything Religion (Christianity) and Science have withstood the test of