Reading Path-

The reading path in this image communicates a message and a story to the audience. In this
image, we can see a child pulling an actual sized train/carriage and another child pulling a
toy sized train. We can also assume that the boy pulling the real carriage is poor, based on
his clothes. The message that the illustrator is trying to depict and convey is child labour/
slavery, and is exploiting people who use children as slaves. In third world countries children
are used as slaves and are forced to work at a very young age in sweatshops, and other
places that abuse human rights. This image is raising awareness of child labour, as it is
showing how children of young age are working and doing jobs that most of us arent even
able to do. It is also satirical as the young boy watching represents/symbolises society these
days. People watch other people on the news experiencing difficulty, but do not help them
instead just watch them.

Salience-
Vectors-
The most salient feature in
In this image, the vectors the image is the boy
illuminate the reading path and experiencing child labour.
give the image context. We first
look at the rope the child is This is the most salient
pulling, we can then see the rope feature because of the size,
is pointing at the child, then we colour and positioning.
follow the childs gaze, we can
see that the child is looking at We can assume that the
the boys toy. illustrator made the child the
most salient feature as it is
Rope= vector, poor childs gaze= related to the message the
vector illustrator is trying to convey.

The vectors also make us feel The illustrator also made the
sympathetic for the child as he is child the most salient feature
looking at the other boys toy because he/she wants us to
train. We can assume that he is feel sympathetic for this child
probably wishing he could pull and other children also facing
and play with the toy train rather this issue. It also makes the
than a real sized train/carriage. message more effective.

Juxtaposition-

In this image, the illustrator has used juxtaposition to make their message more effective and easier
for people to understand. They have put two different children next to each other, showing one child
working hard and pulling a vehicle and the other child watching him, and is holding a rope to pull and
play with his toy train. The illustrator has done this consciously to show the differences between the
two children and is conveying that the child on the left is being forced to work extremely hard jobs,
while the other child is having fun playing with his toy.

Juxtaposition- The two children (their differences), the two trains (their differences)