John W. Cunningham’s “The Tin Star” promotes violence as necessary to uphold the law. Cunningham's depiction and justification for violence is deceitful and aims to create a veneer of law and order. Where the violence law enforcement perpetrates is virtuous but any other kind is deplorable. The illustration aims to highlight the imbalance of power and therefore inherent injustice that the story promotes. This was done by dividing the artifact into two sides with a tipped scale. The left side represents law enforcement and the other side represents their victims. The scale is being tipped by…