1. What do you see in the cartoon? Make a list. Include objects, people, and any characteristics that seem to be exaggerated.
    
2. Which of the things on the list from Question 1 are symbols? What does each stand for?
    
3. What is happening in the cartoon?
    
4. What is the cartoonist's message? Does he or she think that the decision in Gideon v. Wainwright has resulted in fair representation for poor defendants? Do you agree or disagree with the message? Explain your answer.

Source: Monk, Linda R. The Bill Of Rights: A User's Guide. Close-Up Publishing: 1991. p. 152.

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Activities
    The Case

•	Document Analysis
•	What Does the Sixth Amendment Mean? To Whom Does It Apply?
•	Does a Lawyer Really Make a Difference In a Trial?
•	Political Cartoon Analysis
•	The Evolution of a Decision

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    After the Case

•	WebQuest on How to Provide Counsel to Indigent Defendants
•	Expanding Criminal Rights: In re Gault and Argersinger v. Hamlin
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•	Gideon Reviewed: The State of the Nation 40 Years Later
•	Gideon at Forty: The Promise Comes with a Price Tag
•	Fixing a System that Denies Justice to the Poor

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