Life — December 13, 1917 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 1000 **Top Cartoon: "At the Betrayers Club"** This depicts wealthy or aristocratic figures at an exclusive club, with a caption about allowing "Tarbella, Denis, and General Beneifect Arnold to present a new member, Senator Littlefool of Wisconsin." The satire targets a senator (name likely fictional or obscure) for allegedly betraying principles, comparing him to Benedict Arnold, the Revolutionary War traitor. **Bottom Cartoon: "After the War"** Shows a woman teaching children, captioned "And where used Germany to be, teacher?" This references post-WWI geopolitical shifts, satirizing how thoroughly Germany's territory and status changed—so drastically that geography itself seemed altered for the next generation. Both cartoons employ historical comparison and ironic exaggeration to mock political betrayal and wartime consequences.