So, I'm not the best when it comes to understanding rhetoric, but this cartoon seems easy enough to write about. Thus, this is the one I chose for the assignment.
As you can see, the cartoon depicts a soldier and a colllege graduate standing side by side. The soldier is armed with a rifle and his orders, while the graduate holds only his college diploma and an expression that could be descirbed as uncertain. After reading the soldier's words, I can't help but wonder how true they may actually be. In today's economy, finding a job is an extremely difficult process in most places. It's not uncommon to hear of people enlisting in the military just to be able to provide for themselves and their families. One can also obtain a college degree through the military, so couldn't the soldier reallly be better off than the graduate? Like he said, it's not difficult to find a war to fight in these days. But that's just it: he's going off to war. Which, out of the two, seems a better choice to him than staying home with his family, going to college, and attempting to find a job. What does this say about our economy?
