I don't know what you call this sort of thing, but I like to think it's a creative way of saying that if you want something you should go for it with gusto - like, go on the attack, baby!

Here's an interesting experiment in "story telling". The best illustration usually demonstrates a narrative in effort to elicit an emotional response. I'd like to think I crammed a lot of story and character development into this image.

Do you ever get the feeling... ?