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Dr.Seuss’s Butter Battle Book Many kids can recall reading Dr.Seuss's stories and rhymes. They are simple yet always have a story or message about them that anyone can understand. Whether it's about green eggs and ham or colorful fish. Dr.Seuss books Green Eggs and Ham, 1 Fish 2 Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, and The Butter Battle Book are all great children's stories that even adults can enjoy. These books are so enjoyable and memorable due to his great use of metaphor, characterization, and…

How Napoleon is a Satire of Josef Stalin What would it be like to have a ruler who is harsh and controlling? In Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, many satires are presented throughout the story to make fun of the leaders, governments, or events during the Russian Revolution. Orwell writes about a utopian farm ruled by Comrade Napoleon, who is the leader of all the animals and abuses his power just like Josef Stalin did in the early twentieth century. In addition, Josef Stalin was a very…

Luke singletary: The Shefflin War The Schlieffen plan and the two front war had major impact on the World War I. The Schlieffen plan was supposed to be a surprise attack on France planned by the German General Count alfred Von Shefflien. The plan Created in 1905 was Germany’s plan so they would not have to fight in two places with going to war against France and Russia. The plan was modified by Helmuth von Moltke to help make the attack successful to not create a two front war. Germany knew…

The novel Animal Farm written by George Orwell is uses subtle, creative and humorous ways to represent a real life event, the Russian Revolution. The genre of this book is fiction, politics and satire. Animal Farm starts off with the story of an old pig's dream about a non-existent utopia where all the animals on Manor Farm are free. After the old pig dies he still has his two disciple pigs, Napoleon and Snowball, to carry out the tasks in order for his dream to become a reality. Napoleon and…

The Homestead Strike of July 1892 the American Federation of Labor of Iron and Steelworkers had refused to take the pay cuts and went on strike in Homestead, Pennsylvania. In return the president of the Carnegie Steel Company Henry C. Frick decided to close the plant and hired three hundred guards from the Pinkerton Detective Agency to protect the factory. After five long months the strikers of Homestead gave in and returned back to work. The Homestead Strike of July 1892 was an important event…

During World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were partners. They had teamed together to defeat their common enemy, Germany. In spite of this successful partnership in defeating their common enemy, several developments and factors from 1941 to 1949 increased suspicion and tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. One major development that emerged within this period of time was differing philosophies. The United States believed in democratic forms of government,…

Finland, the Cold War was a world issue during this time. American athletes felt uneasy around the Soviet team. The American team felt to urge to defeat the rival, Soviet Union. Bob Matthias, United States competitor, felt the urge to defeat the Soviet Union. In a magazine interview, Matthias, stated how the United States team wanted to beat the Soviet athletes in many sports (doc 3). The tension between the United States and the Soviet Union ,also took place in the Olympics games. The…

The "Gilded Age" is a sarcastic term used to describe the time period when many industrialists gained wealth and luxurious lifestyles through corruption. Although people can be described as living a golden existence, under all the gold paint many sins in this era where still beneath it. Small farmers and others with low paying jobs felt as if society was being dived between what people do have, and what people do not have. Many of the lowerclassmen did not have the advantage that many of the…

well as what the country stood for, known to not only his people, but to the world. Since the mid-1940's the United States found itself as a participant in the Cold War, despite the name it was not a war, but instead a conflict between the Soviet Union due to its totalitarian and communist government. Communism was seen as a "red cancer" that served as a threat to democracy. The Berlin Wall acted as a symbol for communism, serving as a barrier separating the East, which was communistic, and the…

strategic context or what they deem as important. For example, the Soviet Union attempted to place nuclear weapons on Cuba to gain an advantage over the United States. This was a strategic factor for the United States because, first, their national culture was already convinced the Soviets could not be trusted. Second, policies were in place to try to contain the Soviet-led idea of Communism, which only spurned the anti-Soviet American culture even more. Third, in response to the possible…