Teddy and the Three Bears
1) What does each character in the cartoon represent?
Each character in the cartoon represents trusts that Roosevelt is "hunting" or big corporations. The background has a "White House" sign signifying Roosevelt's attempt to use the White House to get rid of big business, good and bad.
2) Why is TR dressed that way?
TR is dressed that way to show him as a cowboy heathen to use TR's "cowboy" pasts and apply it in a manner that produces a negative connotation.
3) What is the purpose of the bears being labeled different things?
4) What is the overall message of this cartoon?
5) What going on with the bears in the back?
1) What does each character in the cartoon represent?
Each character in the cartoon represents trusts that Roosevelt is "hunting" or big corporations. The background has a "White House" sign signifying Roosevelt's attempt to use the White House to get rid of big business, good and bad.
2) Why is TR dressed that way?
TR is dressed that way to show him as a cowboy heathen to use TR's "cowboy" pasts and apply it in a manner that produces a negative connotation.
3) What is the purpose of the bears being labeled different things?
4) What is the overall message of this cartoon?
5) What going on with the bears in the back?