...In Dr. Seuss’ allegory, The Butter Battle Book he uses external conflict to guide the reader to make a connection between the novel and the Cold War. The external conflict that occurs is revealed when Grandpa says “…the wall wasn’t so high and I could look any Zook square in the eye. If he dared to come close I could give him a twitch.” This allows the reader to understand that Grandpa could be an allegory in himself because he could represent a military figure during a war. The dialect also helps the reader to understand that the wall separating the Yook’s, who ate with their butter side up, and the Zook’s, who ate with their butter side down, grew as tension became greater between the two. This is an allegory because it represents...
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...when fear struck the hearts of the kind community of Salem their sense of loyalty went out the window, and it was every man, or woman, for themselves “Jess Blumberg”. The Crucible is a 1953 play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts during 1692. Miller wrote the play as an allegory for The Red Scare “Darwin Kim”. In both situations a society turned against itself in fear of something bigger than itself that they could not control. When there is something that a community can not comprehend, whether it be supposed magic or a form of government, there will be turmoil “Jess Blumberg”. Fear is a dominant force in this world. Throughout history it has killed civilians, hurt communities, and obliterated empires. In both The Salem Witch trials and the Red Scare it caused it caused people to turn against their neighbor and become self-destructive. The reason that Arthur Miller Wrote the crucible is because he wanted society to recognize the mistakes that it continues to make, and learn from them. It was a quintessential allegory in the...
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...The 1950’s were a time of fear and paranoia within the United States. During this time Cold War tensions were beginning to intensify giving way to the infamous Red Scare and the communist allegations of Joseph McCarthy. In the late 1940’s and early 1950’s, the communal American fear of communist subversion reached its peak, colloquially known as the Red Scare. At this time, fewer than 50,000 out of the 150 million people, less than 1%, living in the United States belonged to the communist party, however the country remained in a state of panic. As a result of this hysteria, a senator named Joseph McCarthy began making accusations against alleged communist infiltration of government agencies. Therefore, the term McCarthyism, coined by political cartoonist Herbert Block, came to mean the movement to expose Communist subversives in the government and other important public institutions from the late 1940s to the mid 1950s. A...
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...In the novella Animal Farm, George Orwell explores the augmentative nature of power and its susceptibility to corruption through his fable allegory of the Russian Revolution. Orwell exposes his audience to the inevitable escalation of power, especially in socialist societies where the motives of individuals are tainted with a lust for power. Through the symbolic character of the pigs, in particular Napoleon who symbolizes Joseph Stalin, power is initially seized through the corruption of food rations amongst the animals. When Squealer, representing propaganda, notifies the animals that ‘milk and apples contain substances necessary to the wellbeing of pigs,’ dramatic irony is used to great effect. By reasoning that ‘it is for your sake that we drink the milk and eat those apples,’ the audience can see, as the animals cannot, that this is the turning point whereby the pig’s leadership gradually befalls to corruption. Power continues to be augmented up until the denouement of the novella where, ‘the creatures looked from pig to man, and from man to pig…but it was already impossible to say which was which.’ Though satirical in nature, this symbolism is demonstrative of the pigs’ ever-increasing demand for power, which inescapably resulted in a more corrupt government than the one it overthrew. Orwell urges his audience to pay cautious attention to, and be critical of; the decisions made by their leaders and ensure they too are not corrupted by an infatuating desire to gain political...
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...A special report on China's place in the world Brushwood and gall China insists that its growing military and diplomatic clout pose no threat. The rest of the world, and particularly America, is not so sure, says Edward Carr Dec 2nd 2010 | from PRINT EDITION • • IN 492BC, at the end of the “Spring and Autumn” period in Chinese history, Goujian, the king of Yue in modern Zhejiang, was taken prisoner after a disastrous campaign against King Fuchai, his neighbour to the north. Goujian was put to work in the royal stables where he bore his captivity with such dignity that he gradually won Fuchai’s respect. After a few years Fuchai let him return home as his vassal. Goujian never forgot his humiliation. He slept on brushwood and hung a gall bladder in his room, licking it daily to feed his appetite for revenge. Yue appeared loyal, but its gifts of craftsmen and timber tempted Fuchai to build palaces and towers even though the extravagance ensnared him in debt. Goujian distracted him with Yue’s most beautiful women, bribed his officials and bought enough grain to empty his granaries. Meanwhile, as Fuchai’s kingdom declined, Yue grew rich and raised a new army. Goujian bided his time for eight long years. By 482BC, confident of his superiority, he set off north with almost 50,000 warriors. Over several campaigns they put Fuchai and his kingdom to the sword. The king who slept on brushwood and tasted gall is as familiar to Chinese as King Alfred and his cakes are to Britons,...
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...consequently Mao Zedong criticised peaceful coexistence and dismissed the U.S nuclear threat as a ‘paper tiger.’ The Geneva Peace conference happened in July 1954, at the conference Indochina was divided into Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Vietnam was divided again at the 17th Parallel between the communist north and the democratic south in an interim arrangement pending elections. The U.S support cancelled the elections with the leader of South Vietnam when polls proved that Vietminh would win 80 percent of the vote. With democracy being defended in Asia, the United States supported the corrupt dictatorships of Diem in Vietnam, Rhee in South Korea and Jiang Jieshi in Formasa. However peaceful coexistence was boosted with the end of the war in Indochina and the ‘Spirit of Geneva’, but military threats faded the new battleground it became military and provided economic aid to the third world. Khrushchev decided that peaceful coexistence was not a realistic policy...
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...October 10, 2011 The Arab Oil Embargo of 1973 The Arab oil embargo of 1973 resulted after the formation of Israel [ (American Business) ]. After WWII Israel was created. The formation of Israel upset surrounding Arab countries because they wanted “Israel to return to Arab land it had been occupying since 1967” [ (If Americans Knew) ]. During October 1973, “Egypt and Syria attacked Israel, starting the Yomkippur War” [ (American Business) ]. “Persian Gulf oil producers” wanted to weaken any ties between the United States and Israel. As a result of the United States helping Israel during the war, OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) decided to end all exports to the United States as well as any other western countries that supported Israel [ (American Business) ]. “Saudi Arabia’s King Faisal ibn Abdul Aziz had been warning the Nixon administration of an oil boycott” [ (If Americans Knew) ]. Even with warning from Saudi Arabia, the Nixon administration ignored any threats of an oil boycott. With the boycott, gas prices increased 45 percent [ (American Business) ]. Many business passed on the costs to their customers, while other businesses closed down. The oil embargo lasted only five months from October 17, 1973-March 17, 1974 [ (American Business) ]. Although it only lasted five months, the embargo affected the lives of many people long after it was over. Resulting from the embargo was a long term effect that encouraged “the government, businesses...
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...The Truman Doctrine Shortly after World War II had ended the Cold War began in 1945. The Cold War was fought between the United States and the U.S.S.R. The Cold War got its name because it never got “hot” with action of an actual battle. It was more of a verbal fighting and threating to blow up each other but never actually doing it. When the United States decided to drop a bomb on Japan, the U.S.S.R was mad the United States had secretly developed the bomb. Then Russia started spreading communism and the Truman Doctrine helped stop the spread of communism. According to www.historylearningsite.co.uk/truman_doctrine, The Truman doctrine happened March 12, 1947. It was a speech by President Harry S. Truman. The Truman Doctrine gave economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey because they were threatened by communism. At this point in time there was already a policy trying to contain communism called the Containment Policy. The Containment Policy was a reaction to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to expand communist influence in Eastern European, China, Korea, and Vietnam. Similar to the containment policy the Truman doctrine of the United States was to “support free people who are resisting being conquered by armed minorities or by outside pressures”, which was said directly by President Truman. Truman had to convince congress that a crisis in two far away countries would threaten the security of the United States, and that four hundred million dollars was needed to save...
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...boarders and coast lines as defensive mechanisms, conversely though, China is known for tactfully moving in-land and using its terrain for defence; which form up to two thirds of China’s land (Gaddis, 2005). Will Hutton argues that China has “burst back on to the world scene in a manner parcelled in scale and speed in world history only by the rise of the United States.” It first endured a “century of humiliation” (Lecture). Opium Wars dominated China in the 1840s until 1860, after which the Taiping Rebellion – a civil war, revolting against the Quing Dynasty took place, closely followed by the Boxer Uprising – a rebellion provoked by imperialist expansion (Gaddis, 2005). Looking at this, we can see that China has been closely linked to war throughout the last century. More recently, it had a major role, following the former Communist Soviet Union in the Cold war, where China endured crises by both foreign and internal, such as Mao Zeodong’s attempts to bring China forward in the world, and the Tiananmen Square massacre. Throughout the Cold War, “China conveyed the appearance,...
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...SARAH ELM- Mr. Regan, Looking back, what would you describe as the principles of The New Right? PRESIDENT RONALD REGAN- The principles were that people could come together and network to achieve a goal, or many goals, not only conservative Christians but a credible coalition of people. SARAH ELM-Why did you support The New Right? PRESIDENT RONALD REGAN- I felt like I should use my popularity to bring awareness to the policies I believed in and it was my duty to be a part of this mission to create a strong and steady republican party. SARAH ELM- What were your intentions at the end of the Cold War? PRESIDENT RONALD REGAN- My number one priority was an end to nuclear weapons buildups. An agreement not to expand atomic arsenals was what we needed and the slowing of arms control incentives is what lead to achieving this. SARAH ELM- How would you describe the Regan Doctrine? PRESIDENT RONALD REGAN- The Regan doctrine was our support to any country who opposed communism whether or not they had any direct connection to the Soviet Union. SARAH ELM- What did you want to show the world about the United States of America with this doctrine? PRESIDENT RONALD REGAN- I simply wanted the world to know that there was a new American activism who supports all how oppose communism. SARAH ELM- Why did you propose supply-side economics? PRESIDENT RONALD REGAN- We needed to take a bold move in order to restore our economy in 1980. Excessive taxation was one of the major causes of the...
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...is the fact that there may not be a warning siren, though it is expected there will be. The idea was to educate children about the possibility of an attack and how, it was thought to be, the best way to they could protect themselves. Living Under the Threat of Nuclear War Living under the threat of nuclear war must have been an extremely stressful experience. To live life in constant fear that a nuclear bomb could detonate at a moments notice would cause anxiety and fear, making many people fearful of leaving the (perceived) safety of their homes. This must have been especially true for children that may not have fully been able to comprehend the threat. In the comments section of the video, one viewer wrote “I used to have nightmares about the "Bomb" when I was a kid. It was such a nebulous but terrifying thing. In school we had this sort of "duck and cover" propaganda complete with drills and explanations about the "bright flash", etc. As a child, one of my big fears was that this horrible thing called the "Bomb" would happen WHEN I WAS NOT AT SCHOOL! To my 6-year-old mind, the only safe place in the world was under my desk at school!” (C. Random, September 10, 2005). The Threat of Nuclear War Compared to the Threat of Terrorism The threat of danger was and is real in both cases. Terrorists are responsible for the attacks on the Pentagon on September 11, 2001...
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...Conceptions of the Cold War James Brinkley The Cold War was a bloodless battle fought on the political front for over 40 years. It was not declared over until 1991, with the fall of communism and the USSR. During this war, there were no lives lost but billions of dollars spent by both countries playing a worldwide chess game with nuclear warheads. For the research on this topic, I conducted interviews and got personal opinions on matters related to the cold war. The people interviewed were two military personnel and a female homemaker. I wanted to get varied opinions on this topic to determine how well they grasped the topic. The first topic discussed was “what comes to your mind when you think of the term Cold War.” Unanimously, all three responded with similar answers. They described the cold war as a war between Russia and the United States of America to determine who would have advantage during a nuclear war. I found this interesting as the term was originally coined in the 14th century by Don Juan Manuel describing the conflict between Christianity and Islam. The modern terminology is synonymous with the battle less conflict between the USSR and the United States of America. Also found in my research that the Cold War was not only about nuclear supremacy, but about being the number one super power in the world on all fronts. Tied in to Cold War Politics is also the “Space Race” where both parties raced to have supremacy in space as well as on the earth. The second...
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...Immigration Immigration laws in United States are in need of regulation because immigrants are unfairly forced to leave the country after establishing residency and employment. The American law says as long as a person is born here then he or she is considered an American citizen. But, this law proves to be quite inconvenient for many adults, most of whom are parents to American-born children, are either allowed or illegally migrate to the United States. These immigrants are looking for a better way of life for their children who will be born into this country; as well as the families that many United States immigrants leave behind. Some immigrants from countries like Haiti, Africa and Mexico look for and work visas in order to get American employment. But, a visa does not guarantee elimination from being deported. This country benefits from the talents that many immigrants have. However, the United States pay these type of employees very little. Many employees are often told to leave the country due to non-citizenship. Immigration begin with illegal immigrants being processed into this country. Some people were denied as race and class was a major reason. The first colonies of immigrants worried about diseases and adapting unpredictable weather. Then there was slavery, which was one of the first regulated immigration systems to exist in. These people were unfortunate. Today, immigration is highly favored due to many odd jobs taken on by many immigrants...
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...Afghanistan. PDPA was a Communist party and therefore held close ties to the Soviet Union. The PDPA instituted many political and social reforms in Afghanistan, including abolishing religious and traditional customs. These reforms incensed groups of Afghans who believed in adherence to traditional and religious laws. These factions began to challenge the government so rigorously that in 1979, the Soviet Army entered Afghanistan, beginning an occupation that would last a decade. This is the historical point in The Kite Runner when Baba and Amir leave Afghanistan. Throughout the ten years of Soviet occupation, internal Muslim forces put up a resistance. Farid and his father are examples in The Kite Runner of these mujahedins or men engaged in war on the side of Islam. The United States was among the countries that supported the resistance, because of its own anti-Soviet policies. When the Soviet Troops finally withdrew in 1989, Afghanistan remained under PDPA for three more years. Then in 1992, in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union and therefore Soviet support for the government, the mujahedin finally won Afghanistan and converted it to an Islamic...
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...Maria F Castrillo Moral Life: A study in Ethic Tiffany Sutton Friday, 6 September 2013 3 Dilemmas One of the most controversial decisions in America history, the moral dilemma of President Truman had to face during the War World II, whether invasion or the bomb, a problem in intelligent choice and a matter of life and death. Truman ordered US planes to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. An argument supporting his decision would be that it saved many lives and ended the war. However an invasion of Japan would have been very costly and both sides would have had more losses. An argument against his decision would be that it was wrong to directly target civilians. It also caused long-term damage as many people developed cancer and other illnesses from the radiation left by the atomic bomb. Whether to use the atom bomb on Japan to end the 3 and a half year war. He used it, and it was responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of Japanese citizens and soldiers. But it did force the Japanese to surrender once and for all. I honestly think this was the wrong way to end the conflict; war is never the answered. Another ethical dilemma that attracts my attention is a situation in which a person is faced with two choices which conflict with their ethical system. Per example in your ethical system stealing is always wrong. Also letting one's family die from starvation is always wrong. A person in such a situation would be forced to commit one wrong to avoid...
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