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Mockery of McKinley

Mocking is contemptuous or ironic in manner or wit, an object of amusement, a specific act of ridicule or derision. Mockery is commonly associated with editorial cartoons, but what if the alleged is our nations president. Alfred Henry Lewis, the editor of “The Verdict Newspaper , creates a satirical but significant view of the 1900 elections.
















Lewis first grabs your attention with the clever, eye-popping caricature of Theodore Roosevelt. Assuming, the audience is aware of their popular Vice President in the 1900’s. Lewis’ objective is to make incontestable that Roosevelt consumes the entire
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cartoon. His goal is to set up mockery of William McKinley, which he has unquestionably done. The jest of McKinley is not noticed at first, by t...