Chances of World War III?

Overall, I don't think there will be a third war. This is because even though there are some situations and crisis happening over the world, it may not be big enough to pull in all the countries. America, right now, is in pretty bad shape with the economic crisis, so another war is really the last thing they need. Also, there aren't any power hungry rulers now, that want to take control over and dominate, like Hitler.

In our life time, there have been crisis. Always. And another one could spring up, but i don't think right now, there will be anything big enough to get other countries involved in, fighting, allied with others. There will always be disagreements among people, but i think nowadays, people don't handle that with war. Countries have made peace treaties with each other and almost every country is now part of the UN.
Though, there could be some wars over oil or water, but not as harsh or as large and global as WWI or WWII fought with blitzkriegs and trench warfare. I'm pretty sure no one wants to have a war in the world, people and families dying. Also, right now, there is more freedom around the world, because before there were unfair actions, like the Jews had to face. There has been a long gap between the wars, so there is no reason for one to start again right now.

WWII Letter

Warsaw Base Hospital
5253 Avon St.
Warsaw, Poland

Dear Eric,

I couldn't have believed it if I hadn’t seen what my eyes told me. It all happened…

You probably heard by now, Germany's attack on us. I would call my self one of the luckiest of all two million of us fighting for our lives. Only about two hundred of the two million survived this epidemic loss. I was sure I wasn’t going to make it out of this blood bath battle alive. I mean, who would have such hope at that time? The Germans charged in, with what they called a “Blitzkrieg.” They clearly had the upper hand here. The sheer speed of the machine was what shocked us. They had radios inside for communication, which was why they could control their air force so successfully and make use of their support. And even though the blitzkrieg sounds like the most complex machinery made, the simplicity of it was quite over whelming; The tank, radio and aircraft. The way it could just literally crush over people. It didn’t need to stick to one road or path. It rampaged on to wherever it wanted to, and began attacking.
Blood was all that could be seen for the most part. Dead bodies scattered across the floor like shredded paper. All I could see at that moment was clouds of smoke, spreading over the vast area of the field. Blackness and smog choking us, some to their death.
Though we outnumbered them with our troops, they overtook us with their power. We were weak though, our food rations were low and people were getting angry and irritated with all this.
It was unexpected, without any declaration of war.

I hope no one has to experience something like that ever again.

I’m in the hospital now, along with the remaining survivors. I have some free time now, to write a few lines back home. They had to surgically remove my left foot, as shrapnel from the blasts and explosions pierced into my skin. I wont be able to walk properly ever again, but this action was necessary. I’m not ashamed of this because I fought as hard as I could. Even though, this is like a scar from the battle that I will limp on for the rest of my life. It’s a price I had to pay for my country. Our army gave up a lot in this great battle to protect our people, but how are we supposed to win against giant man killing machines when we are on horseback with swords and guns? We fought bravely, us all, and the most valuable thing we lost was our unity, our people. We were the first to fall…lets wait to see who will be next now.

Your Brother,
Frank

Recipe for Wolrd War 2

All you need

To start a war

Is

A failed treaty of Versailles

And a fistful of a destroyed League of Nations.

With a ladle of German anger

Mixed in with a pinch of Japanese violence.

Mix in the rise of Fascism.

And a determined bunch…

Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin.

Last thing you need for this

Is the slightest spoonful of

Appeasement.

Knead it all in

Pound it, punch it, twist it

Set it in the oven

Until all that’s left of it

Is the hard dough,

As if its about to blow,

With a BANG.

And with your hate.

All bottled up inside.

Animal Farm Movie Critique

In the Animal Farm movie, there was quite a few changes from the novel and the movie. First of all, Mollie was absent through-out the whole film. Though, overall she had no major part, she still represented the wealthy class of the Russian revolution. Showing they had power to leave during the times of fighting, which is still quite significant. Second, the movie started off the same as the book, expect after Old Major gave his speech about his dream and the rebellion, he died on the spot after the animal sang 'Beasts of England'. Third, the order of a few things were also mixed up like when the Battle of Cowshed took place. Snowball was also killed when the dogs chased him out and Moses isnt much of a big character in the movie. Lastly, another significant part of the movie was that in the end the animals rebelled against Napoleon and took over the farm, which never happens in the book.
In the book, there was more depth in the way they related it to the Russian revolution. In the movie, it seemed more of a cartoon about animals on a farm, and it didnt seem that underneath it all, it was really portrayed as the Russian Revolution. Also in the book, they gave you a clearer picture of who some of the other animals were, such as Clover, Muriel, Moses and Benjamin. In the movie it focuses mainly on Boxer, Napoleon, Squealer and the other pigs and thier actions. Overall, the movie was another good way to portray the Revolution, but i think the book was better, because it was easier to understand and went into a little more depth about it.

My Animal Farm Character

In the book Animal Farm, i think i am most like Benjamin. I suppose that most times i do know whats going on, but i just chose to go with the flow. Throughout the book, Benjamin knows whats going to happen, or exactly knows what IS happening, but chooses not to do anything about it, because either he knows he cant change whats about to happen, just goes with it, but mainly doesn't have the power to change it. If there's group decisions going on, one person cant change the whole groups opinion with what they think is going to happen. Which is also what happens in real life.