This poster aims to recruit men to join the army during World War I. It depicts a man looking sadly through a window, with the army side portrayed as light and positive while the outside is dark. It uses emotions like guilt and alienation to suggest that men who don't enlist are merely spectators and not truly helping their country. The message aims to inspire patriotism and convince men they can make a difference by enlisting rather than remaining outside as spectators. It lacks facts and exaggerates emotions to manipulate viewers into joining the army through a sense of duty and belonging.

1. Selling the War World War I Propaganda Posters

2. Selling the War : WOMEN

3. Purpose: This document is trying to encourage young men to join the Navy, Naval Reserve or the Coast Guard. Purpose: The Navy , Naval Reserve, and the Coast Guard is in need of more recruits because of WWI. Purpose: This document communicates its message by suggesting that girls will admire you and find you attractive if you joined the Navy. Purpose: The girl is dressed in patriotic colors and the writing is also patriotic; this document is meant to inspire patriotism. Audience: The audience for this document is young men eligible to join the Navy. Author: The author encourages the recruitment of young men. Evidence, Support, Outcomes: This document uses patriotism and pride to inspire young men to join the Navy, which at this point was short on recruits. Evidence, Support, Outcomes: This document does not especially support women’s rights values. Audience: If the audience accepts this message enrollment in the navy will increase, and the U.S. will be a more powerful force in the war. Overall Impression and Conclusion: This document is persuasion, because it does not use propaganda tactics like using black and white views to distort facts and is just trying to encourage men to join the navy.

4. Selling the War : African-Americans

5. Purpose: shows that African Americans are crucial for America’s victory in World War I (need soldiers!) Trying to promote integration in a segregated society because there was a disconnect between black soldiers to fight for freedom when at home where they didn’t receive rights Audience: African Americans Audience’s belief about this issue is that society should not be segregated, African Americans are part of this country too  they deserve equal rights. Possibly not sure if they want to fight in the army because of the disconnect from the army’s mission to the issues at home. Evidence, Support, Outcomes: The author uses the fact that the colored men were the first Americans to plant the flag on the battle line. This is true because the US needed all the soldiers they could get so colored men were entered into the army. If the audience had accepted this message then segregation may have slowed, but that was not the case. Back home, black men were still separated as a different race. African Americans  look proper and sharp; leading army. Language  makes blacks feel that it is their duty to fight and that they would be the best at it (TRUE sons of freedom, first to plant flag on battle line). American flag and A.L.  connects them to America (shows they are an integral part of the country), A.L.’s presence provokes civil war emotions and emotions of fighting for freedom (duty to fight, make them want to fight) Overall Impression and conclusion: This illustration is definitely a persuasion, not an argument or propaganda because they are trying to show Americans that the African Americans were helpful in the US’s victory in World War I, and that segregation should end. This is not propaganda because they are not illustrating something false, but this could be considered an argument since the author is fighting against the racial segregation in American society. Propaganda  clearly plays on the emotions of African Americans, exaggeration (white men with them?)

6. Selling the War : the Enemy

8. Selling the War : the Recruit

9. The army side of the window is light, symbolizes good, right Non-army side dark=bad, wrong Man on “wrong” side educated and elitist, rich looking You in big red letters, emphasizes audience, makes them feel special Window symbolizes that there’s not much between, that you could change to right anytime Flag=patriotism, good, nationalism, go fight for your country The man who is dressed formerly, in a wealthy attire, symbolizes that the people that seem like important figures are only spectator if they are not involved in enlisting in the war Enlist – pops out written in yellow – first thing that the audience sees “ You” pops out and makes the message personal. – forces the audience to question themselves with guilt