We Can Do It!

Riveter Looking at this war poster as a whole looks real normal to many viewers (it contains a statement which states We Can Do It in white garners with a pitiful background). It also contains ii master(prenominal) masks blue and yellow. Rosie the riveter is the main person in the ad, along with the main clear. She is wearing a blue collar shirt, an orange and white hairsbreadth scarf and a collar button. At the bottom of the ad is a large W letter underlined which stands for womens rights ( womens right logo is right underneath the letter W).Along with the letter is a war production committee logo in the right orner. With this statement in the ad and Rosie the riveter as the main subject a viewer can see to it that the poster was used in the 1940s. During this time, many male workers were off fighting in the war, causing effeminates to begin workss in the factories. Soon after males returned home they desired females to return to their home reservation Jobs. Enjoying th e new freedom, females were very(prenominal) doubtful to a greater extent or less returning to house making Jobs. This ad explains how color stages masculinity, how the statement We Can Do It in this ad expresses the emotions, struggles and goals of females during the war time and Rosie the riveter showing her muscles, ymbolizes power. The background of this ad uses colors to portray deeper meanings to its viewers. The naw blue color behind the statement We Can Do It explains the false statement that it takes masculinity to work in factories. For many years males were the provided workers working in factories, so custom to tradition it was abnormal to think that females had the ability to work in factories.Leading to the letters We Can Do It to be written in white bold letters on top of the naw blue. The white bold letters are symbolizing the purity in the work force, females in factories. Females at his time wanted to work in factories and not return to the house making Jobs. Another color seen through and throughout this ad is bright yellow. The main color is yellow yellow symbolizes a storm. The storm for females at this time was cosmos stuck, stuck in a position on a house maker, a incur and a wife. Females going to work in factories and saying We Can Do It was busting through the typical role of a house maker and allowed females to pass through the storm of being stuck. The statement We Can Do It in this ad expresses the emotions, struggles and goals of females during the war time. Women at this time were struggling to come out of the typical female role as a house maker and show that as females they could work Just as hard as males. Struggling to overcome traditionalistic stereotypes brought out many emotions in females. With all these emotions females started to make goals and statements around the world.In this ad right under the words We Can Do It Rosie the riveter has a very serious and emotional look on her face. Having a serious look on h er face is stating that females were done feeling inferior and unimportant to society, tired of being doubted by the males of th e world. Along with her serious look, Rosie the iveter was wearing make-up and a hair bandana. The hair bandana and make-up are displaying that with all the statements about working Just as hard as males and tired of feeling inferior, females can still be females.Rosie the riveter is showing her muscle in this ad to symbolize power. Half of her sleeve is rolled up to symbolize what nas already started and what is yet to come, temale power. Following ner arm down to her hand, she shows a closed fist. Her fist displays two things fghting action towards those who will try to stand in her way and a closed mind to her opinion as if no one can tell her what she is doing is wrong. Along with showing her muscles and fist, she also has a female power button on her collar.This button shows strength in numbers since shes visually saying that it takes more than one pe rson to change the image of females and roles they play. In addition to the button, Rosie has a blue collar shirt verse a white collar shirt. The blue collar shirt stands for manual labor working. Manual labor working is what females wanted at this time, not to work as a major or a white collar worker. As we can see with posters like this, symbolism is shown throughout images all around. To fully understand ads and posters ometimes you have to dig a little deeper for true meanings.Rosie the riveter helps explain the message females wanted to convey at this time, to work in factories along with males. This poster helps explain not only what it says, We Can Do It but also the struggle, goals and emotions that females had during this time. With showing emotions, struggles and goals, this ad also visual explains the power females had. Knowing the struggle females had during the war time, makes me appreciate being a female even more. Work Cited Rosie the Riveter. 2011.. Online Image. Wo men Working During World War 2. Web. 23 Oct