In the children's story ‘The Butter Battle Book’ by Dr. Seuss, two nations come to head with one another after a decades long conflict. The two nations, the Yooks and the Zooks, live on opposite sides of a wall and hate each other for their individual nations way of spreading butter. The conflict reaches a new high when one of the Zook’s guards destroys the weapon of the Yook guard. At this point the Yook guard trudges back to his leader to get a new weapon, something bigger and better than what the Zooks have. The rest of the story focuses on the both the Yook and Zook guards going back to their separate leaders and receiving bigger and better weapons to destroy the other side. At the end of the book it becomes clear that the if the conflict continues in the way that it has been going until now, both the Yooks and the Zooks will be unable to survive. In order to prevent this horrific downfall I am proposing a way to de-escalate the conflict in a way that will lead to conflict resolution or at the very least conflict management. …show more content…
In ‘The Butter Battle Book’, we see that the leaders of both sides are unwilling to give up and are heavily invested in this conflict. Similarly the exercise that we did in class with the 10 shekel illustrated that the more invested a person is in a situation the more irrational they are in regards to their decisions. Thus, I believe that in order to de-escalate the butter spreading conflict it is imperative to remove the current leaders and replace them. These leaders are to invested in the past and they believe that they can win, but in reality the Yooks and the Zooks will always remain in a
The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss and the Cold War had some similarities to it and the book was based on the war. In the book, it is how the butter is spread on the bread and the war is political views. Both had a lot in common with one another. Both had similar weapons and had shelters. The similarities of the Cold War and The Butter Battle Book are very similar to each other.
Conflict is one of many challenges in everyday life. It is presented to us in many ways such as trying to figure out how to get your homework done on time, finding a way to win the football game, or something just as simple as trying to get out of doing your chores. However, there are times in everyone's life where your conflict is beyond the norm. These could include standing up to your school bully, trying to save someone’s life, or as many would say the greatest conflict in human history, the Nazis rise to power. There are many ways to solve a conflict in general no matter how morally wrong it is. However, history has shown time and time again that the best way to solve a conflict is to stand up to it while also
While black soldiers were inherently treated unfairly by their white counterparts in American regiments, and sometimes within their own regiments if they were not all black of course. The French on the other hand treated these black soldiers with respect, dignity, and fairness. Since black soldiers could not fight with their white American counterparts due to segregation, these men had to fight alongside the French. With the French treating these black American soldiers as equals, the U.S. War Department were not happy that positive relationships were forming between black soldiers and French officers and civilians. Peter Nelson writes in A More Unbending Battle, “It was observed that the French were saluting black officers, allowing black
The Butter Battle Book by Dr.Seuss is a deceptively childish book about a war over what side one should butter their bread. While a good bedtime story, anyone with knowledge of the Cold War will immediately pick up the similarities between this book and the actual war, along with Dr.Seuss’s message behind the text. His excellent use of craft puts his view across and solidifies what he believes about the Cold War. Dr.Seuss uses allusions, irony, and hyperboles to portray his beliefs about how silly the Cold War really was.
Teachers have been brainstorming the skill that students will need to manage conflicts. This program has not yet been evaluated, but it has spread to several countries. Teachers have to provide the necessary practice of skills to their students.
“Peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict with peaceful meanings.” - Ronald Reagen. This is a quote that stands very true for Fever 1793, by Laurie Halse Anderson, and Nothing But the Truth, by AVI. In these books, characters have to overcome their own conflicts in their own ways, and whether or not it makes them change for the better. In Fever 1793, Matilda Cook has to overcome and face death head-on, Mrs. Narwin has to deal with a student who ruins her career, and Philip Malloy, from Nothing But the Truth, has to learn to face his problems, Through all that has happened through these two books, Mrs.Narwin from Nothing But the Truth changed, Philip Malloy, also from Nothing But the Truth, does not change, and Matilda Cook, from Fever 1793, changes for the better.
Felix Frankfurter once said “…the most constructive way of resolving conflicts is to avoid them.” This means if people want to deal with a conflict, the most effective and simple way is to ignore it. This quote is worthless because if people do not try their best to resolve the conflict, it would become more complicate or more terrible results. A conflict would not disappear by itself. This quote is supported in the book The Crucible by Arthur Miller and the text “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson.
Also, conflict development shows how certain events will keep worsening to where there could be a war. “Every Zook eats his bread with butter side down!”(Seuss,7) This can start a conflict event because if the Yooks are picking on the Zooks for eating butter side down, they could try to respond by threatening the Yooks. This also shows how the cold war somewhat started because the US didn’t like communism and the USSR wanted to spread communism. “Then one terrible day a very rude Zook by the name of VanItch snuck up and slingshotted my Snick-Berry Switch!”(Seuss,10) This mimics on how the US responded to the USSR with the nuclear bombs they were creating and testing. The US started to expand on nuclear bombs so the USSR didn’t start a nuclear war. “With my Triple-Sling Jigger I sure felt bigger. I marched up to the wall with great vim and great vigor.”(Seuss,12) With the nuclear closets expanding, the US and the USSR started to compete with who could have the best
“Changing perspectives, chasing Lives”(Big Brothers Big Sisters [BBBS] , 2017). Big Brothers Big Sisters, also known as BBBS; is a mentoring program. BBBS form meaningful pairs between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”) in communities across the country. The Bigs and Littles range from the ages of 6-18. Each district is given one supervisor, also known as the Case Manager. The program develops positive relationships within the Bigs, Littles, and the supervisor. With a positive adult influence, Littles and Bigs are able to reach their fullest potential. Through these positive relationships, the program offers many positive psychological impacts towards each individual. Big Brothers Big Sisters promotes the principles of human behavior, motivation, learning, perception, and emotion; all relating to the individual whilst benefiting our community.
In many conflicts there are many different endings to them; arguments every day, accidents, wounds, injuries, broken hearts, and even deaths. Many ignorant people resolve their problems in fights and they hurt one
Think about all the hungry animals (people) in the world who would love to have food. This people would fight over a crumb of bread which establishes a great proposal of making all the hungry fight in a war for food, but could not be able to get the food until the war has been won. Never fight or sweat over the small things.
Misinterpretation Many female serial killers use covert methods of death, and because of this their crimes are initially misclassified as something other than the homicide that it is (Farrell et al, 2011, p. 245). When a murder is labeled incorrectly, such as being ruled natural, than investigation may cease and evidence could be lost. The longer it takes for them to restart investigation the more likely it is that evidence will have been destroyed or gone missing. That is, if they ever find reason to change their opinion and reopen the case. Female serial killers may be underrepresented for this reason, people do not know that those dead are actually victims and there is a murderer on the loose.
Emma Meschle Ms. Arnstein World Literature 4 March, 2024 Ambition After reading the play MacBeth, written by William Shakespeare, in my 10th grade English class, I have altered my personal view on the positives and negatives of ambition. Having an ambitious attitude can lead to great things in life, but it can also cause damage. Is ambition always a positive trait? Failing is a big aspect to the success of ambition.
"Brownies" is a story by ZZ Packer, who is a contemporary African American writer. The story appears in her short story collection Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, which was published in 2003. The story provides a platform that reveals the strenuous relationship between the African American and the Whites during the mid of the twentieth century. The story entails the Brownie troop of fourth grade African American girls who went to a summer camp. During their camping, they did encounter a troop of white girls in which they believe one of the White girls had addressed them in a way that insulted their race. Considering the strenuous relationship that is prevalent between the two races, the Brownie troops chose to resolve it by beating up the white girls. Through the relationship of the two troops, the strenuous nature of the Black and the White people is adequately detailed. In light of the Brownies, the paper will provide a literary research on Packer 's views and facts. Indeed, the relationship between the Black and the White people has been fraught with injustice and oppression. Based on such premise, it has been an extremely polarized relation.
With the need for constant change comes conflict. There are several strategies for handling conflict, avoidance,