Destination Earth

• Overt message: Oil is an integral part of American life that provides all citizens with products needed for everyday life, but can only work well with competition.
• Covert message: The real purpose of the cartoon is to contradict communist doctrine and beliefs. The main character consistently attacks state-owned enterprise and promotes capitalism. He also portrays the leader of the martian nation as selfish and evil. Americans are shown as happy in their capitalist society with competition in contrast to the unhappy population back home on Mars. Another thing I noted was the uniform of the communists vs. the individualism of the Americans.
• This cartoon is obviously propaganda because of its use of glittering generality, transfer, and bandwagon methods. Each contributes to the general underlying message attacking communism.