Life — August 8, 1889 — page 11: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 81 This page contains two separate cartoons: **Top panel** ("Ha, a New Beast! We'll Stick Him!" and "The Awakening"): Depicts indigenous people discovering and reacting to what appears to be a European visitor or colonizer. The satire seems to mock either colonial encounters or the "discovery" narrative by reversing perspective—showing natives as the observers treating the newcomer as a curiosity or threat. **Bottom panel**: Shows a beach scene where a well-dressed woman and reclining man are present. The dialogue mocks artistic pretension: a man sketching nearby claims to be an "artist," but the woman dismissively suggests he's just a "goat"—implying he's lecherous or untrustworthy rather than genuinely artistic. The cartoons appear to satirize social hypocrisy and colonial attitudes, though specific historical context remains unclear.