Make what your talking about or teaching them about fun. Get them involved in to what your talking about. Know who your talking to, because you can use their likes to help grab their attention.
The author should use 1st person when speaking AS the character. 3rd person is when speaking FOR the characters, like, " Mary and Lynne ran across the field. "
Pandora is a goddess (if we're talking about the same Pandora) and she's the goddess of misfortune. I would assume that the political cartoon would be showing that whomever was "running" for whatever position was a mistake.