a satire of social and political depictions that swept across the country, many people wanted to become political figures with multiple goals, with sweet campaign promises, and tragic endings. This painting symbolically depicts the violent nature of power with the head of a dirty sewer rat and likes to gnaw at the food he steals. The strong representation of power is implied from the rat-faced ruler figure who likes to steal and gnaw the wealth of the state, make rules that facilitate business affairs for the benefit of the group and its class, create damage from within, make policies that appear to be in favor of the people just to get support, and are rotten tactics. for his sake