Purchase of Alaska

                                                                     Purchase of Alaska
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   This cartoon about the purchase of Alaska. It portraits it in a very negative way because its basically saying we payed millions of dollars for a hunk of ice called Alaska.While the author of this sees the purchase of Alaska very negatively others could see it as a very positive thing. They would say things like we expanded our territory or its rich in natural resources. the cartoonist used techniques such as symbolism and labeling the symbolism is the Russian man who represents Russia and the building which represents America. The labeling is on the building to tell you that its America and on Russian America (Alaska) to tell you that its Alaska.