This is a very bizarre illustration that can be interpreted in several different ways. When I look at this picture I see the face of England, representing Europe has a whole, reaching out to begin its colonial rule. England is symbolized through an octopus like figure, with multiple arms reaching out to all the countries. Now if you look at each of the hands, they give off the since that they are claiming possession of the countries. This picture gives off the interpretation that not only is England forcefully situating its colonial rule, but controlling the country all together. One might interpret this picture as drawn from the defensive resistance side of the colonial citizens because it is symbolizing England as controlling monster. To me this picture shows a bias view of the colonial rule because some believed it had a positive effect on culture and society. The colonial rule jump started the economic growth of most of these small countries, while providing work and security to the people. This illustration is one that can be viewed in several ways and here is my opinion.
This picture can be interpretted in many different ways. I think it's about the England being greedy and colonizing all the land they can get for profit. England made a lot of profit off of colonization of Africa and Asia, this picture shows the way they wanted everything. This also has an octupus as the greedy animal, with more than two arms, they could just depict them as wanting to countries, they wanted it all.
This image is from an American cartoon in 1882. It shows that England was like an octopus with many tentacles. It has already attached many countries and it colonized those countries in order to benefit from them to stronger itself. It tells that England was stronger enough to takeover Afica, Asia, and North America and to make everything themselves.
I believe this American cartoon portrays the British Empire in a negative way. Your first impressions of this picture have to be that the British are trying to take over the world. Although with this in mind I strongly believe that this picture could be misinterpreted because of the dominate force that the illustration represents. This picture could merely be the British not taking over these countries but helping them grow and develop. Overall this picture may be seen as Europe bringing dominance over other countries but I strongly believe that it is only for the best and should be looked at from a different point of view in a positive way.
This picture utilizes the shape of octopus as a metaphor to describe the situation of colonization. In the picture, a man called “England” wears hat and t-shirt, who looks like a gentleman has so many tentacles. Each tentacle touches one land. And all his body is under the water. The man is the metaphor of England, which had lot of colonies in the world. The lands should be interpreted as the countries that England colonies had reached. The scope of areas had touched Europe, Asia and Africa. Also, the water showed that the areas between each other are so far that even across the oceans. The whole picture shows England once controlled so many different colonial countries with different culture.
I think this picture represents the take over of many different countries from English rule. They are taking all the land they can possibly get very selfishly. One way that this could be misinterpreted would be if someone said that England was taking these countries under their wing. You can tell from the picture in Ways of the World that this thought is wrong because the caption names England as the "Devilfish"
(Abby VanHorn) When I first looked at this picture I saw England with its hands on the countries, as if it was claiming the land to be theirs, conquering it. Then when I looked at it more closely I also saw that it has two countries Ireland and one other country wrapped around in its arms bringing it down under water, that could possibly mean that England wanted to abolish those countries or that it was “taking it in under its wing” making it apart of England. All of the countries are in contact with England except one country, Egypt. This could be interpreted that Egypt did not want to be a part or controlled by England unlike all of the other countries shown, or that Egypt was a tougher country than all of the rest and England was not able to “lay a hand” on them. One thing that I am curious about is the appearance of England, why is it a red-haired man with a top hat?
This image reminds me of those really annoying people who try to shove their political and spiritual beliefs on you even if you do not want them. This references back to colonialism in this chapter because it is very much like the European countries that made their conquest in Africa. The majority of these African nations (excluding the elite chiefs) did not want the religion, overseeing power or the forced labor these countries brought. Everywhere in the world, it appears as if this country has to get its hands on land that “needs” a ruler.
I would interpret this picture as European showing their military strength and dominance over the other countries. Because they were better prepare and was stronger than the other countries, they felt that they could do anything without getting stop by anybody.They are represented as the octopus in the center of world, reaching out and grabbing anything they felt that they could take over; which shows that they wanted to control mostly everybody. I think this means that other country needs to wake up and fight for what is rightfully yours and they shouldn't let the European to come in and take over. Stand for what is right.
To me this picture illustrates England, or on a larger scale; even all of Europe spreading its colonial rule over other societies. The numerous hands represent Europe's large population. There is a hand on almost every region, showing how even if Europe didn't have colonial rule within the society, they were still present in the attempt to gain power. This shows the greed of Europe and how they wanted to be the elite region and have rule over other regions.
Automatically, my eye is drawn to the tentacles in this image placing a hand on certain countries concluding that they control those countries. Then I become aware that the body to all of these tentacles is England, leading me to believe the picture shows England's dominance during the era. However, after seeing more of the details I come to the conclusion that this American cartoon actually represents an approaching downfall for the British Empire. My reasoning for this is based upon the waves in this image. In the back of the cartoon where countries such as Australia are, there is calm water unlike the front of the picture which contains high powered waves. These waves look destructive with the purpose to knock out England and cause its empire to fall. It is with these waves that America shows a futuristic rise they will encounter after a British downfall.
I found this picture in ways of the world and its labeled “THE DEVILFISH IN EGYPTIAN WATERS.” In the book it said that this cartoon was made in late-nineteenth-century which portrayed British as a huge devilfish which already attached its tentacles to many lands and one of its tentacles is attaching to Egypt. I think the world “devilfish” is not only representing to octopus but also linked British to something that is evil. In the book it also says that this is an Egyptian view of British imperialism, so I think people at that time didn’t like to be colonized. They did not think that being colonized would bring them any benefits, even though British had best economy and technology in the world, Egyptians still wanted to be independent.
The picture displayed on the blog site to me automatically takes me back to the mindset of the classroom especially these past few weeks that we have been studying nationalism, imperialism, colonialism, and culture. The picture to me brings back our class discussion of imperialism. The man is in the middle with arms on all the different countries to what looks like to me establishing his rule over the different countries. I believe that the artist of this cartoon was portraying a negative conation on the idea of imperialism or even just England. Imperialism is a very controversial topic and I believe the artist used this cartoon to express his feelings towards the idea.
I really enjoy this picture because I believe that it is portraying something very realistic. I believe that this picture is describing how culture, religion and ways of living are snatched away, lost and transformed into one way of living. The picture is portraying how, during the colonial take over, land, culture and religion was lost because of the British “civilizing” them. The British absorb all of the lands weaker than itself, gives them education, money and “modernizes” them. If this picture were to continue it would in my interpretation, show one large country. Everyone in this country would be the same.
I would interpret this picture as the British Empire taking over several countries. In this cartoon an octopus represents the British Empire placing its tentacles on all of these territories. All the tentacles are placed on different countries exept one tentacle that is about to reach Egypt. My interpretation of this is that the British Empire successfully colonized several countries but struggled to colonize Egypt.
In the picture, "The Devilfish in Egyptian Waters", I am able to interpret that it relates to British Imperalism. It is clear that at the time, the British Empire was in control, which is what the octopus or "devilfish" symbolizes. The British Empire, or "devilfish" already has its tentacles on the countries it has conquered, but it still has yet to conquer Egypt. Disregarding all other tentacles, only one of them is on the cusp of grasping Egypt and is focused on gaining power. After viewing the elements of the picture, I believe that all countries, other than Egypt, were an easy conquest; but on the other hand, Egypt is putting up a fight or at least is proving to be the most difficult country for the British Empire to take control of.
The Image represents many ideas of colonization in the late 19 century. First of all, it represents the vast expansion of England by colonization. Second, islands that are held down by the Octopus's arm means that England is in total control. Octopus does not touch Egypt, because the image was drawn in 1882, and colonization of Egypt happened in 1882. It was one of the African nations that was nearly colonized when the image was drawn. Image was also drawn to show the progress of England's colonization towards Africa, since there aren't many African nations drawn in the image. The artist drew canal of the Egypt, which represents Nile River. Nile River was the only detail in the image, probably drawn, because it is extremely important during the colonization of Africa.
(Revised) When I first looked at this picture I saw England with its hands on the other countries, as if it was claiming the land to be theirs, conquering it. As I looked at the picture closely I also saw that England had two countries, Ireland and one other country wrapped around in its arms, holding it down partially under water. This could possibly mean that England wanted to abolish those countries or it was “taking them under its wing” making it a part of England. All of the countries are in contact with England except for one country, Egypt. This could be interpreted in the sense that Egypt did not want to be a part of or controlled by England, unlike the other countries shown, or Egypt was a tougher country and England was not able to “lay a hand” on Egypt. One thing that I am curious about is the appearance on England, why is it a red-haired man with a top hat?
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This is a very bizarre illustration that can be interpreted in several different ways. When I look at this picture I see the face of England, representing Europe has a whole, reaching out to begin its colonial rule. England is symbolized through an octopus like figure, with multiple arms reaching out to all the countries. Now if you look at each of the hands, they give off the since that they are claiming possession of the countries. This picture gives off the interpretation that not only is England forcefully situating its colonial rule, but controlling the country all together. One might interpret this picture as drawn from the defensive resistance side of the colonial citizens because it is symbolizing England as controlling monster. To me this picture shows a bias view of the colonial rule because some believed it had a positive effect on culture and society. The colonial rule jump started the economic growth of most of these small countries, while providing work and security to the people. This illustration is one that can be viewed in several ways and here is my opinion.
This picture can be interpretted in many different ways. I think it's about the England being greedy and colonizing all the land they can get for profit. England made a lot of profit off of colonization of Africa and Asia, this picture shows the way they wanted everything. This also has an octupus as the greedy animal, with more than two arms, they could just depict them as wanting to countries, they wanted it all.
This image is from an American cartoon in 1882. It shows that England was like an octopus with many tentacles. It has already attached many countries and it colonized those countries in order to benefit from them to stronger itself. It tells that England was stronger enough to takeover Afica, Asia, and North America and to make everything themselves.
I believe this American cartoon portrays the British Empire in a negative way. Your first impressions of this picture have to be that the British are trying to take over the world. Although with this in mind I strongly believe that this picture could be misinterpreted because of the dominate force that the illustration represents. This picture could merely be the British not taking over these countries but helping them grow and develop. Overall this picture may be seen as Europe bringing dominance over other countries but I strongly believe that it is only for the best and should be looked at from a different point of view in a positive way.
This picture utilizes the shape of octopus as a metaphor to describe the situation of colonization. In the picture, a man called “England” wears hat and t-shirt, who looks like a gentleman has so many tentacles. Each tentacle touches one land. And all his body is under the water. The man is the metaphor of England, which had lot of colonies in the world. The lands should be interpreted as the countries that England colonies had reached. The scope of areas had touched Europe, Asia and Africa. Also, the water showed that the areas between each other are so far that even across the oceans. The whole picture shows England once controlled so many different colonial countries with different culture.
I think this picture represents the take over of many different countries from English rule. They are taking all the land they can possibly get very selfishly. One way that this could be misinterpreted would be if someone said that England was taking these countries under their wing. You can tell from the picture in Ways of the World that this thought is wrong because the caption names England as the "Devilfish"
(Abby VanHorn) When I first looked at this picture I saw England with its hands on the countries, as if it was claiming the land to be theirs, conquering it. Then when I looked at it more closely I also saw that it has two countries Ireland and one other country wrapped around in its arms bringing it down under water, that could possibly mean that England wanted to abolish those countries or that it was “taking it in under its wing” making it apart of England. All of the countries are in contact with England except one country, Egypt. This could be interpreted that Egypt did not want to be a part or controlled by England unlike all of the other countries shown, or that Egypt was a tougher country than all of the rest and England was not able to “lay a hand” on them. One thing that I am curious about is the appearance of England, why is it a red-haired man with a top hat?
This image reminds me of those really annoying people who try to shove their political and spiritual beliefs on you even if you do not want them.
This references back to colonialism in this chapter because it is very much like the European countries that made their conquest in Africa. The majority of these African nations (excluding the elite chiefs) did not want the religion, overseeing power or the forced labor these countries brought. Everywhere in the world, it appears as if this country has to get its hands on land that “needs” a ruler.
I would interpret this picture as European showing their military strength and dominance over the other countries. Because they were better prepare and was stronger than the other countries, they felt that they could do anything without getting stop by anybody.They are represented as the octopus in the center of world, reaching out and grabbing anything they felt that they could take over; which shows that they wanted to control mostly everybody. I think this means that other country needs to wake up and fight for what is rightfully yours and they shouldn't let the European to come in and take over. Stand for what is right.
To me this picture illustrates England, or on a larger scale; even all of Europe spreading its colonial rule over other societies. The numerous hands represent Europe's large population. There is a hand on almost every region, showing how even if Europe didn't have colonial rule within the society, they were still present in the attempt to gain power. This shows the greed of Europe and how they wanted to be the elite region and have rule over other regions.
Automatically, my eye is drawn to the tentacles in this image placing a hand on certain countries concluding that they control those countries. Then I become aware that the body to all of these tentacles is England, leading me to believe the picture shows England's dominance during the era. However, after seeing more of the details I come to the conclusion that this American cartoon actually represents an approaching downfall for the British Empire. My reasoning for this is based upon the waves in this image. In the back of the cartoon where countries such as Australia are, there is calm water unlike the front of the picture which contains high powered waves. These waves look destructive with the purpose to knock out England and cause its empire to fall. It is with these waves that America shows a futuristic rise they will encounter after a British downfall.
I found this picture in ways of the world and its labeled “THE DEVILFISH IN EGYPTIAN WATERS.” In the book it said that this cartoon was made in late-nineteenth-century which portrayed British as a huge devilfish which already attached its tentacles to many lands and one of its tentacles is attaching to Egypt. I think the world “devilfish” is not only representing to octopus but also linked British to something that is evil. In the book it also says that this is an Egyptian view of British imperialism, so I think people at that time didn’t like to be colonized. They did not think that being colonized would bring them any benefits, even though British had best economy and technology in the world, Egyptians still wanted to be independent.
The picture displayed on the blog site to me automatically takes me back to the mindset of the classroom especially these past few weeks that we have been studying nationalism, imperialism, colonialism, and culture. The picture to me brings back our class discussion of imperialism. The man is in the middle with arms on all the different countries to what looks like to me establishing his rule over the different countries. I believe that the artist of this cartoon was portraying a negative conation on the idea of imperialism or even just England. Imperialism is a very controversial topic and I believe the artist used this cartoon to express his feelings towards the idea.
I really enjoy this picture because I believe that it is portraying something very realistic. I believe that this picture is describing how culture, religion and ways of living are snatched away, lost and transformed into one way of living. The picture is portraying how, during the colonial take over, land, culture and religion was lost because of the British “civilizing” them. The British absorb all of the lands weaker than itself, gives them education, money and “modernizes” them. If this picture were to continue it would in my interpretation, show one large country. Everyone in this country would be the same.
I would interpret this picture as the British Empire taking over several countries. In this cartoon an octopus represents the British Empire placing its tentacles on all of these territories. All the tentacles are placed on different countries exept one tentacle that is about to reach Egypt. My interpretation of this is that the British Empire successfully colonized several countries but struggled to colonize Egypt.
In the picture, "The Devilfish in Egyptian Waters", I am able to interpret that it relates to British Imperalism. It is clear that at the time, the British Empire was in control, which is what the octopus or "devilfish" symbolizes. The British Empire, or "devilfish" already has its tentacles on the countries it has conquered, but it still has yet to conquer Egypt. Disregarding all other tentacles, only one of them is on the cusp of grasping Egypt and is focused on gaining power. After viewing the elements of the picture, I believe that all countries, other than Egypt, were an easy conquest; but on the other hand, Egypt is putting up a fight or at least is proving to be the most difficult country for the British Empire to take control of.
The Image represents many ideas of colonization in the late 19 century. First of all, it represents the vast expansion of England by colonization. Second, islands that are held down by the Octopus's arm means that England is in total control. Octopus does not touch Egypt, because the image was drawn in 1882, and colonization of Egypt happened in 1882. It was one of the African nations that was nearly colonized when the image was drawn. Image was also drawn to show the progress of England's colonization towards Africa, since there aren't many African nations drawn in the image. The artist drew canal of the Egypt, which represents Nile River. Nile River was the only detail in the image, probably drawn, because it is extremely important during the colonization of Africa.
(Revised)
When I first looked at this picture I saw England with its hands on the other countries, as if it was claiming the land to be theirs, conquering it. As I looked at the picture closely I also saw that England had two countries, Ireland and one other country wrapped around in its arms, holding it down partially under water. This could possibly mean that England wanted to abolish those countries or it was “taking them under its wing” making it a part of England. All of the countries are in contact with England except for one country, Egypt. This could be interpreted in the sense that Egypt did not want to be a part of or controlled by England, unlike the other countries shown, or Egypt was a tougher country and England was not able to “lay a hand” on Egypt. One thing that I am curious about is the appearance on England, why is it a red-haired man with a top hat?
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