Which best evaluate the effectiveness of the photograph in communicating the paranoia directed at Japanese Americans following the Pearl Harbor attack?
The correct answer is A. It is effective because it shows the "I am American" sign The store owner uses to combat people of paranoia about his heritage.
- The photograph’s only information transmitting an idea regarding a nationality is “I AM AN AMERICAN”. This sentence conveys more an idea of “support American store owners” rather than the paranoia transmitted by Japanese Americans. The capital letters in “I AM AN AMERICAN” convey a strong message, because capital letters convey a strong tone of voice. This could mean apart from “buy to American storeowners”; the nationality is above the rest of the nationalities of storeowners in the same block. The white poster that says, “SOLD” indicates that the second floor has been sold by White and Pollard