Life, 1890-03-20 · page 11 of 18
Life — March 20, 1890 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 171 **Left side - "Too Much for Brer Rabbit":** A sequential comic strip showing a rabbit encountering a snake. The rabbit appears increasingly distressed across panels, suggesting the snake (likely representing a threat or predator) overwhelms even the clever rabbit character from African-American folklore. This satirizes situations where cunning alone cannot overcome superior force. **Right side - "Changed Times" photograph:** Shows a domestic scene with a father and son at a desk. The caption presents dialogue about business safety, suggesting changed social dynamics—the father trusts his young son with important matters during his absence, reflecting evolving parent-child relationships or generational shifts in responsibility. **Bottom - "Dyed" dialogue:** A brief exchange about a broken engagement, with a woman (Mabel) mentioning receiving romantic caramels—likely satirizing shallow romantic gestures.
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A LAMENT. OO bad it is that Browning is no more— Bereavement this surpassing in extent— No hope is left as o'er his lines we pore That we shall ever know just what he meant. TOO MUCH FOR BRER RABBIT. CHANGED TIMES. Pater: MY Boy, WHEN I Was YOUR aGE I WAS AT MY DESK AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, The Son: THAT MAY BE, BUT I KNOW THE BUSINESS 18 PERFECTLY SAFE IN YOUR HANDS, write Dt away. DYED. N the fiftieth year of its age, of scarlet fever, Patti's hair, AUD: What made you break off your engagement with young Van Numb? MABEL: He wrote “Sweets to the sweet” on a box of caramels he sent me. comicbooks.com