Summary Of Rejection: R. Cobb's Old-Factory Irony

A sense of belonging is transitory; it is not a steady state. A sense of belonging shifts and changes according to the age of an individual and is gradually disrupted when one is challenged with the natural process of deterioration, becoming unable to ‘fit in’ to their society, workplace and home. R.Cobb’s satirical cartoon ‘Rejection’ incorporates old-factory irony to describe the stereotypical temperament of belonging; the nature of abandonment and displacement as individuals decline in age. The cartoon depicts an aging man with sad facial expressions sitting on a rocking chair placed outside of a warm, bright home. He is situated on a footpath lined up with a garbage bin and other bags of rubbish and junk ready to be disposed. The irony