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Personification is a figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to an abstract quality, animal, or inanimate object. (from Encyclopedia Britannica)
An editorial cartoonist often uses humor to make light of a serious situation.
How does this cartoonist use personification to take a lighthearted approach to a serious situation?
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Cartoon by Gary McCoy.
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The cost for individual health insurance is so expensive that many people cannot afford to purchase it. The rat (who in reality does not need health insurance) gets a job as a lab rat so he can get medical treatment when sick without having to pay for it. Rats are used by pharmaceutical companies to test the effectiveness of drugs being developed.
