A Different Kind of Punch?

The first propaganda poster I saw immediately struck me as different than ones we have seen previously from WWI. It said "Keep punching... every day!" with a picture of a burly man hitting a man that looks suspiciously like Hitler and a man punching in at a time slot for his job. This WWII poster is much more outright violent than the ones I saw from the earlier time period. It actually shows physical harm towards the enemy, when before it was much more focused on the American troops and what we needed help with. I think a partial reason for the shocking depiction of Hitler being punched is because America had just been through a horrifying, grand war. Violence could not be hidden from the public because soldiers had come home and had spread their terrifying war stories. Also I believe that there is violence shown because Americans really were upset about their opposition this time around. There was great dislike for Hitler and the Nazis late into the war and it made people angry. Whereas before, it seemed that America was just dragged in because it was a world power. This poster was supposed to lead people to think that if they punched in hours, it would be a direct hit towards Hitler and the Nazis and I would think it was effective.


Propaganda Poster

This propaganda poster is similar to the ones we looked at earlier this year for WWI. Similar to WWI, they are trying to get the people of the United States to do something. Unlike the ones for WWI though, they don't want people to join the war, but rather eat more rationally and follow the war time nutrition plan because food in scarce during WWII. It says that food is a weapon because the more food that a country has, the longer the people of that country can survive. This is true because if the enemy has a lot of weapons such as guns and cannons, but there mine are starving, their men won't be able to fight because they don't have the energy. If they don't have the energy, they won't be able to operation the machinery and therefore all of the guns are useless. I personally don't think that this is the most powerful propaganda poster, because it doesn't show anything dramatic such as what will happen if you waste food or the success you will have, but rather just a plate of food in which someone ate all of their food. This doesn't show the effects of what happens when you finish your food. The only thing good the pictures shows is fairly nice silverware which shows that if you eat all of your food, you will keep some wealth. I do think however that the words are very effective.

question to everyone

I've noticed that most people bring up negative aspects of appeasement if your the mouse. Can it be good? Is there a point where being the mouse can be good?