In this cartoon, Garrison uses metaphors in order to simplify the problems that arise with the two party system into a simple situation of people being trapped in a prison cell. The donkey and elephant represent the Democratic and Republican parties, respectively, and the prison cell represents the system trapping its people. Each of the bricks in the cell are either parts of the each party’s platform or something that the party has done to hurt America. The animals have dubious looks as they are purposely cementing the bricks on the man’s and woman’s prison cell. This whole metaphor shows how the people’s vote either goes to the Democrats or the Republicans, and not any other party. It shows how each party has done negative things on either end of the political spectrum to hurt the American people.
This cartoon also uses irony in order to depict how the people are buying into this system and are doing little to break away from the two-party system. In the cartoon, a man and a woman hand a brick that says “vote” to the donkey and the elephant. They are arguing their end of the political spectrum instead of realizing that their vote is trapping them into the problems that have arisen in America. The irony is that they are allowing the system to hurt them and are too busy arguing to even see the bigger picture that both parties can be harmful to America. Additionally, each political party seems to care more about getting the vote then thinking what is best for the country and will not cooperate to make America a progressive nation. This makes viewers realize that the two-party system needs to change.
By using metaphors and irony, Garrison successfully portrays how there needs to be a change to the political structure in America, as the two-party system is hurting the American people.
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