Cartoon Time (Western Imperialism)

This image depicts a British man greedily grabbing hold of as much of Africa as he can. The additional text says "gold fields," which reflects the rich and plentiful land of Africa. This cartoon depicts New Imperialism because European countries were eager to "grab hold" of countries and claim them as their own territory.

The artist is trying to show how the European countries were greedy. This can be seen by the facial expression on the man.

I would agree with the artist that the European countries were greedy because they took land without really any regard to the native people. 

This image shows a octopus of a person grabbing onto as much land as he can reach. This is reflective of New Imperialism because the octopus is supposed to be Britain, who was a country that tried to conquer and gain a lot of land. As you can see, the octopus is trying to grab onto countries such as Egypt, India, and Canada.

The artist is trying to say that Imperialism during the time was a very dominant part in the English government and that Britain was the leader in conquering lands. The artist is also trying to show that Britain also had a large amount of colonies at the time.

I think that this cartoon is an accurate depiction of Britain at the time because they were a power-hungry country looking for more land to take over, and they did so in an overwhelmingly successful manner.