Steroids And Supplements: Cartoon Analysis

Today, people in this country have become more concerned with their physical traits and appearance. Due to this, the number of botox injections, plastic surgery, and steroid users has increased over the years. The author’s image effectively asserts taking of supplements poses a major health problems to adolescence through its use of facial expressions and parental pressure though parental pressure is potentially a personal problem. The consumption of these illicit drugs that could be harmful to our bodies has become more socially acceptable. The constant use of steroids and supplements can affect the user mentally and physically. The cartoon indicates the fact that there has been a trend towards younger supplements users in recent years. It proves this by showing a muscular teenager who is eating cereal out of a bowl labeled, supplements. The author’s purpose of the cartoon is to bring attention to the problem growth of adolescence who use supplements and other illicit drugs. In the cartoon, the boy is frowning which can mean that he’s sad because he’s eating the supplements instead of a regular cereal.
The image has a targeted audience of adolescent supplement users. This is due to the fact that if a teenager in a similar situation were to see this, they would be able to relate to the boy in the cartoon. The audience is first drawn to the cartoon of the boy consuming supplements under the praise of his mother. This could mean that the boy is consuming the supplements in order to be competitive in sports and also make varsity. The boy is still eating the supplements because he wants to gain the praise of his parents even at a cost to his own health. The purpose of the cartoon is to invoke a feeling that the use of supplements is very harmful to the body especially to adolescent who take it