Questions for blog:
1. What is the overt message?
2. What is the covert message?
3. How does the disparity in the two of these make it propaganda?
Answers:
1. The over message is that people need to eat less bread. We know this because at the bottom of the poster, it plainly says, "eat less bread." Also, there aren't any pictures of bread on the poster, which contributes to the statement made.
2. "The kitchen is the key to victory," represents the jobs that women need to do while their husbands are away at war ("kitchen" symbolizes various jobs women need to perform). While the men are away, the women need to take action and help the country during war time just as the men are. "Eat less bread" represents how people need to cut back on the things they buy and the money they spend. That way, they can save those resources for the war.
3. The messages make propaganda because "eating less bread" won't guarantee that the country will win. They make a promise that might not be fulfilled.
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