Michael Sarria W7 – Prompt

The Private Snafu series was able to simultaneously inform soldiers while also making light of a serious situation through the use of jokes and cartoony animation. I believe humor was used because it was a scary time for a lot of young men, and while the military wanted to inform their new soldiers, they also wanted to bring up morale. The cartoon has some slapstick humor and he talks in a funny voice, but a lot of the humor comes from Private Snafu himself, as he’s often depicted as a dim-witted GI private, who often gets into trouble for neglecting his duties and not listening to his commanders. The moral of the story often comes down to not be like Private Snafu, and to do your duty as your are told.