Go Back!

            The simple picture shown above features an example of all of the types of issues the future may face. However, the picture does not target any of the issues specifically. Whether it be environmental, war, inequality problems, the picture tells me that the future may not be as bright as we want it to be. Some may take this picture as comical-- a white robed figure, old and senile, probably not taken seriously is outrageously saying that he has seen the future. I know if I were to see such a thing in real life, I would be taken back by such preposterous activity. At the same time, seeing all the happenings in the background of the picture portraying the present makes me feel like where the world has been in the past has been a good place. I've personally enjoyed living in a city with the bustling of car engines, and the nurturing of many children, and the basic down to earth feeling that people just love so much.
           It is obvious the cartoonist's motive in creating this picture. It comes down to the fact that humans always want more. It reveals that we are never content where we are and we will always continue to prosper, grow, and advance. The technique the cartoonist uses would be something along the lines of propaganda because the picture shows a man who was obviously unhappy with his findings in the so called "future" he has been to. Still, the work still gives me the feeling that we do not appreciate where we are now, and makes me re-evaluate my thoughts of being a human and where I want the human race to go.