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