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The Beaver with "Economy" and a maple leaf on its belly stands for the canadian economy. The wings on its back as you can see by the box are "stymulus wings" sybolising Steven Harper's economic stymulus package. By Steven Harper saying "flap faster" the cartoonist is saying that the wings are to small to fly the eco beaver. This cartoon is poking fun at Stephen Harpers seemingly inadequate stimulus package to keep the economy afloat. When Harper introduced the stimulus package into the economy people felt that it was small. This cartoonist criticized Harper for trying to get to much for to little. On the other hand the cartoonist is a bit overbearing by the fact Canada did not need a big stimulus package because we are not in a major economic downturn. Excellent work in my humble opinion. Good anylization of the problem and seemingly subpar effort to fix it. I agree that Canada did not need a large stimulus package and think your critisism was "spot on" - The Boss Well done Peter and I do agree with what you have said. mike. Great job! Also a very funny subject so it is very interesting to read! Michelle

Definitely, Liked your analysing of this cartoon! Well done! Miss.Bengtsson



This cartoon is commenting on the funny things that are part of our Canadian identity. The warning board sarcastically shows the quirks in our identity. Starting with the red “The number of people who vote outnumbers those who watch NHL hockey”, this is commenting on the how many Canadians don’t vote. Next the orange “Jack Layton avoids a microphone” Isn’t commenting on Canadian identity but it is commenting on Canadian Politicians. Then yellow “First case of mad doughnut reported” Poking fun at how Canadians like doughnuts. Fourthly blue “Snow shovels appear on the west coast” Commenting on how nice the coast is and about its lack of snow. And finally Green “Paul Martin begins a speech with lets be very vague” Making fun of Paul Martin when this cartoon was made he was Prime Minister. And poking fun at a Prime Minister as a editorial cartoon artist is generally accepted. In all I thought this was an excellent comment on Canadian identity.

You've described the cartoon well. I don't really have anything else to say about it. Good job. Mike This cartoon is commenting on Prime Minister Harper stimulus package. The cartoon shows Harper dressed in a cook’s uniform and holding a soup ladle saying “No stimulus for you.” This is funny because of the similarity to the Seinfeld© episode where at a deli restaurant after jerry maddens the cook the cook says “No soup for you.” Once again this cartoon is commenting on Harper small stimulus package the reason for this small stimulus package is in the article at the top of the page. This cartoon is an unfair comment on harpers stimulus package is saying that the package was not there. The package was and is here in forms of bailouts and Canada’s economic action plan. In conclusion this cartoon was very funny and very unfair.

Once again a very well done analysis Peter, however could the cartoonist be representing more than one point of view? Mike

Major Topic 1: To what extent are nation and identity related? These are good questions Peter however I think number one and two are a bit too close to being the same thing mike. Possibly mike, but when you observe both questions, you will notice that the first questions paragraph will probably talk more about HOW to define a nation, and the second question's paragraph will talk about more how a nation CAN be defined as a CIVIC concept. To me, that's the difference, so not to close together. Dan? They may not be TOO close to one another Dan, However they are still pretty close, that's all I was trying to say. Alrighty then. Peter. did you choose web sites to complete your research from
 * 1) How do we define nation?
 * 2) How can nation be defined understood as a civic concept?
 * 3) How do people express their identity though nation?

No I haven't, I thought that we could use books because thats what I have been doing.

Analasis of character triats from: The Time Machine

The Time Travler: Curious, he investigates every thing, he is not satisfyed until the puzzle is solved.