✮ ✭ Analyzing Visual Images ✭ ✮

The caption above the poster reads 'Healthy Parents Have Healthy Children'

The picture on top is represent a family, a healthy family. All the children and parents are smiling and look like they are happy. The family appears to be enjoying their life. They are wearing decent clothes and look as though they are well-fed and cheerful. This illustration is not flashy like most posters usually are and so it makes the picture look realistic and believable. When you look at the poster, the first thing you notice is the family. They take up most of the space on the sign. The light is shining right onto them- the area around them seem to be darker with no light.

I think the message that the creator is trying to ger across is that if you vote for that party, then more families (including yours if you have one) would look like the one is the photo- healthy and happy. I would guess that the wordings on the poster is really talking about parents, saying that if you are healthy, you have healthy children and a good family. The poster and the phrase on it is trying to say if you vote for that specific party, Germany would produce families that are identical to the one shown, which is a happy one.

The purpose of this poster is that if you for that one party, your family will start looking like the one in the picture. The intended audience is the Germans because the family on the photo looks German. In my opinion, the poster has achieved its purpose. I say that because if I had to vote at that time, I would be attracted to that image as I would also want a family as good looking and happy as the one seen.

Graphic Citation:

http://www.ncs-nj.org/teachers/svain/holocaust/pages/clipart/healthy.jpg