Question

Study the cartoon Modern Window Shopping by Nate Beeler. What meaning is revealed through the use of an analogy in this cartoon? Consumers are trading retail store shopping for online shopping. Consumers get their news online, not from newspapers. Consumers have an increasing desire to acquire new things. Consumers are always looking for better technology.

Answer 1

Consumers are trading retail store shopping for online shopping. This is the correct option.

The  three consumers are clicking on " different windows" on their mobile phones. They will not longer look at  real shop windows, therefore , they are window shopping virtually. They are doing this because they will probably buy things on line. They will not go to a retail shop; one of the customers has a newspaper showing the news that this type of shops are closing down. So, as there are more people buying on line, the retail shops will disappear. A new way of window shopping has arrived.

These options are not right:

-Consumers get their news online, not from newspapers. ( The focus is set on buying things from shops. It is not set on the origin of the news).

-Consumers have an increasing desire to acquire new things. ( The desire must have been always the same. Now, the focus is on the consumers' access to the new things they desire).

-Consumers have an increasing desire to acquire new things. ( The cartoon  has set the focus on a new way of shopping. The new way of shopping can be done through technology).

Answer 2

Answer:

A. Consumers are trading retail store shopping for online shopping.

Explanation:

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