The propaganda poster aims to encourage Canadian men to enlist in the army through guilt and a sense of duty. It displays injured soldiers to make men feel they should help out, and uses expressive language like "coward" to challenge their courage. The phrases emphasize cowardliness and responsibility to loved ones, using "you" to create a personal feeling. These techniques are intended to influence men's decisions to enlist as well as convince family members to push their loved ones to join the army.
The propaganda poster aims to encourage Canadian men to enlist in the army through guilt and a sense of duty. It displays injured soldiers to make men feel they should help out, and uses expressive language like "coward" to challenge their courage. The phrases emphasize cowardliness and responsibility to loved ones, using "you" to create a personal feeling. These techniques are intended to influence men's decisions to enlist as well as convince family members to push their loved ones to join the army.
The propaganda poster aims to encourage Canadian men to enlist in the army through guilt and a sense of duty. It displays injured soldiers to make men feel they should help out, and uses expressive language like "coward" to challenge their courage. The phrases emphasize cowardliness and responsibility to loved ones, using "you" to create a personal feeling. These techniques are intended to influence men's decisions to enlist as well as convince family members to push their loved ones to join the army.
My propaganda poster revolves around the theme of pro-recruitment. It encourages
Canadian men who are fully capable of being in the army to enlist. This is done through many features which guilt-trip them into joining the army. The image plays a role in persuading Canadian men to volunteer. It displays soldiers in a small and cramped area with severe injuries. This can make men feel as if they have a duty to help out the troops and give those soldiers a break. The poster also guilt-trips them by using expressive language like “Coward”. This word creates a visceral feeling through testing the man’s courage. Usually after hearing or seeing this word, men will tend to accept the challenge brought up after or before the use of the expression. That indicates that the use of this term can be extremely effective in recruiting Canadian men. The phrases on the poster play the most important role. These expressions bring up the topic of cowardliness and how their loved ones are relying on them to join the war. This gives off a sense of responsibility for enlisting towards Canadian men. How the word “you” is portrayed falls in line with this concept as well. It creates much more of a personal feeling towards the audience. This can give them an extra push into joining the army. Not only can this poster influence a man’s decision in joining the army but it can convince family members to push their loved ones as well. The phrase “protect who you love” can be interpreted by women or children as “if you loved us you would go and protect us”. Their perception of the poster can also heavily impact a man’s decisions. Overall, I think the propaganda poster has many attributes which can lead Canadian men to enlist and join the army. This indicates that the poster has many features which are remarkably successful in persuading or influencing their decisions.