Do you think there will be a World War III in your lifetime?

I do not think that there will be a World War III in my life time because of several reasons. First of all, peace treaties have been made to keep the peace between countries and prevent war. These peace treaties will probably not be broken. Second of all, the United Nations(UN) have been joined by almost every country. The UN makes compromises and decisions that please all the nations so that there won't be a reason for war. Third of all, people have grown smarter and know that war is not good for their country or their enemy countries. They know that no matter how strong they are, destruction and death can't be avoided if a war was to happen, and no country wants that, so they avoid war. Also, now we have much better military and weapons, which would kill thousands of people at once, and that scared people. Lastly, there aren't any dictators, or fascist countries that would start a World War right now. As you can see, because there are peace treaties, because of the UN, because people are smarter now and want to avoid war, and there are no leaders who would start a war right now, there won't be a World War III in my lifetime.
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Word War II: A Letter from the Battlefront

Wilhelm Street 15

10507, Poland

September 14, 1939

Dear Barbara,

These past 2 weeks were probably the most exhausting days of my whole life. I can’t believe I even have time to write you this letter. Since I only have little time, this letter will be rushed, but I just had to tell you about my new experiences. A few days ago, on September 1^st, the Germans invaded us on three fronts (can you believe that?), the East Prussian Front in the north, the German Front in the west, and Slovakia in the south. They used their new, unknown “Blitzkrieg” method; it was quite remarkable, but also devastating. We held them back at Kutno, and then went to regroup by the Wisla and Bzura rivers. They also had all the weapons you could possibly think of and the biggest military as well; 2600 tanks, and more than 2000 aircraft, against our 180 tanks, and 420 aircraft! To be honest, I was scared to death. And my biggest dream is for this war to end and for you, and our dearest daughter, Lola, to never have to experience something like this!

You asked for my feelings and how I am? Well, yesterday we fought, and I wasn’t unscathed. Telling you this isn’t easy, but after the fight, my left hand was injured severely. They sent me to a hospital after several hours, too many if you ask me, and the nurses said that my hand won’t mend, it had to be amputated. I’m sorry love, but don’t worry too much, I won’t die and I will come home to our beautiful house soon. We all have changed, I noticed it on the very day the Germans invaded us. We, the soldiers, now have a stern look and a spark of revenge in our eyes. I wonder if I could ever go back to our old, simple but comfortable life? Now that I’m used to such harsh conditions, bad weather (it’s been very cold lately), and food and water shortage, it’s hard to imagine the life I once lived.

I have to tell you this, though I doubt that you didn’t know this, we lost the battle. The Germans now are controlling us. We held on longer than anyone would have thought, but in the end, we still lost. Not hard to believe when you look back at the numbers of military and weapons they had! Most of us were on horseback as well, I never even thought we would win, but I wouldn’t give up. We fought till we really couldn’t go one more step without dropping dead; and more dead soldiers was the last thing we needed. On the 3^rd of September, Britain and France declared war on Germany, but we still received no help.

Yours for eternity,

Juri Pavlov

P.S. I hope that this all ends well and that I get to live yet another couple of years, to watch my beautiful daughter grow up and to spend time with my loving wife. Oh I miss you both so bad, now I know how it feels to loose someone. Please do not worry too much and if something does happen, do not let it change your life, I’m sorry. Remember, I love you forever.

P.P.S. Tell all our friends I said hello. And take care of my mother please.

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WWII feedback question- Anne Frank

In The New York Times the writer Anna Quindlen asked, “Would our understanding of the Holocaust be quite the same if Anne Frank had not taken a small plaid diary into hiding with her?” Respond to this question and explain your answer.
Anne Frank's diary is a big piece of the information on concentration camps and the holocaust in general. If we didn't have Anne Frank's diary, we wouln't have specific evidence and information of how the people felt and what it was like to live in a concentration camp. Also, Anne Frank was a young girl and most of the survivors who could have given us an insight of the concentration camps, were adult males since the children and women were executed. Having a girls point of view gives us even more information. In addition, it gives the emotions of the girls feelings and the point of view of a jew. In conclusion, Anne Frank's diary gives us the emotion, the point of view of a jewish girl, and specific evidence.

A Recipe for World War II

World War II- a Cake

To create the first layer of a thick, hard crusted cake of world war II,
mix 118 grams of the Treaty of Versailles,
8 grams of the failure of the League of Nations,
and 68 grams of appeasement

44 grams of each, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, and the German aggression
build next layer, emerging on top of the first and hardest layer.

knead the dough for 4 minutes
then add 15.5 grams of Japanese aggression for the filling.
Shove everything in the oven, heat, and wait.

1936 minutes have passed,
BOOOM
the sign the cake is ready,
was heard in the whole neighborhood

Hard, thick, unbreakable,
the cake is unique, like a dew drop on a leaf
and hopefully will always be.

Animal Farm Movie Critique

The book Animal Farm and the animated movie of Animal Farm have many similarities and a few differences. First of all, one difference, that I thought was important, was that there was no Mollie. In the book Mollie had a minor role, but she represented the nobles, who were an important part of the Russian Revolution. The fact that Mollie is missing makes the movie different from the book and mostly different from the Russian Revolution. Also, there are a lot of minor changes. One of those small changes would be that Major dies three days later(page 11), not right after giving his speech and in the movie it seems like the Battle of The Cowshed was on the same day as the rebellion, but in the book it was a few days later. These small changes don't make a big difference, but they make the movie more inaccurate.
Another change was that the Seven Commandments were supposed to have mistakes in the spelling, but in the movie the Seven Commandments were spelled correctly. "It was very neatly written, and except that "friend" was written "freind" and one of the "S's" was the wrong way around, the spelling was correct all the way through." (page 18) Then, the rest was pretty much the same, Napoleon was the cruel leader, the animals his 'slaves'.
Another difference is that when Boxer was sent to the horse killer, Benjamin knew because is said so on the wagon and he read, in the book there was a sign and all of the animals knew. In the movie this resulted in a second rebellion, this time against Napoleon, which never happened.
Also, Farmer Jones broke the windmill, which was like it was in the book. In conclusion, these are the similarities and differences between the book Animal Farm and the movie Animal Farm and all in all they are quite similar, and the movie portraits the book well.
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With which character in Animal Farm to you most closely identify?

In Animal Farm, the character I most closely identify with is Benjamin. First of all, Benjamin is smart and realizes what is happening. If I were in a situation like Benjamin was in, I would have realized what was happening. For example, if I'm in a fight with a friend, or my friends are in a fight, I would have realized not to push them further in anyway and just go along with it till they make up. Also, Benjamin is caring i.e he cared about Boxer when he was hurt and didn't leave him for a second. This I identify with, I care about my friends and family. As, you can see, I identify with Benjamin because he is smart and caring.
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