In this political cartoon found in the editorial section of The Onion --isn't the whole paper one, big editorial?-- illustrator 'Kelly' depicts what he believes to be the different ideologies of today's teens and those of the past. He seems to indicate that news was valued more during the time of the 'newsboy', over 100 years ago in the 1900s. This isn't surprising because even basic necessities, like food, water, and leisure now taken advantage of by today's society were also cherished during these years. Take today's technological advances, opportunities, and higher standard of living and the teens of the past would be rocking out to ragtime music on their ipods, too. To start with, the teen from the past is, no doubt, atypical in any society at any time; and yet, there has always been a brown-nosing, goody-two-shoes like him, no matter the time period. Then, examine the pessimistic, apathetic depiction of the teen of today's society. It's hard to find someone that ignorant in today's society, yet there must have been one of his kind in the 1900s, too. The exaggerations and stereotypes are taken too extreme in this cartoon to even begin to consider the author's underlying intentions, as they can neither be taken seriously, nor relate to the Onion's young adult audience.
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