The cartoon which was drawn by Jeff Koterba and published in ”The World Is Flat” by Thomas L. Friedman deals with the progressing development of Globalization. The cartoon shows a little girl who is asking her father, whether she may outsource her homework to india, this shows how far globalization is already gone and how strong it effects our private social life.
On the left side a man sits in a big comfortable-looking armchair, he is holding a newspaper in his hands but he is not reading it in the moment. He is wearing a shirt with sleeves rolled the other way and a tie. In the lower left corner of the cartoon, in front of the man, one can see a black and white dotted dog. The view of the man is directed to the lower right corner of the cartoon where one can see a little girl. She has her arms crossed and because of her facial expressions she looks a bit angry and frustrated. Besides her lies a backpack. Both persons are located in a small room, which seems to be a living room, because of the big armchair and the pictures at the wall in the backround. In the center of the picture is a speech bubble, which belongs to the man, saying: ”No. You may not outsource your homework to India”.
The cartoon tries to show exaggerated how far Globalization is already developed. That even a little girl wants to outsource her homework to india, which is completely rediculous. The cartoonist was inspired by the progressing golbalization in the USA, especially in the educational sector ( for example: e-tutoring). Koterba uses the idea of a little girl sending her homework to india to produce the desire effect, because a little girl, is the last one who the viewer would expect to be the symbol for globalization.
I think Koterba really made his job, because it got me thinking about globalization and it make me smile. And i think that is what a cartoon should effect on the viewer.
