Thursday, December 20, 2007

Exam 5 (Essay)

Mao and Stalin came to power. Mao and Stalin came to power about the same way. They came to power because they earned it. Stalin came to power because he was on a higher authority and so was Mao. Mao was a lawyer before he came into power so he was allot higher up in authority than most people.

Mao and Hitler are very similar. Mao and Hitler were similar because they overpowered their countries. Mao and Hitler are also similar because they have killed so many people because of what they believed in. Hitler killed people if they were not a Nationalist. Mao killed people if they didn't do what he wanted. In both of these situations many people have been killed.

When a dictatorship is built the main signs are war, fighting, and someone becomes the leader. I think that the main thing that happens every time there is a dictatorship is a war.

Thursday, December 13, 2007

World War II ( prompt #3)

The Historical conditions in Germany in the early 1930's were very open. They let you believe whatever you wanted. The Nazis were there because at that time they could believe what they wanted.

Hitler and the Nazis exploited their opportunity to take and consolidate power by signing the non-aggression bill. I think that this made the people think that he would have not done anything, so he would have a lead in them.

I think that the reason why the German people did not rise up against Hitler was because he would have killed them. I think that the Nationalists would have overpowered the Germans.

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Spanish Civil War (promt# 2)

"Pablo Picasso's Guernica is a work of art and not propaganda." Propaganda is when information is deliberately spread with rumors or other ways that information is spread, usually to make someone believe something. Pablo Picasso's peice, Guernica is a peice of art not propaganda. To me art is a way of expressing yourself and the way you feel at that time. Therefore Pablo Picasso's Guernica is a peice of art, not propaganda.

In Guernica there are many violent images. There are many people who are dead and looked like they have been murderd. Also in the painting there is a burning building, coming out of the building there are people who look like they are screaming. There is also a dead horse in this painting. I think that this means that he was feeling scared about the war.

The town of Guernica was bombed. I think that this picture is about that. The picture shows the burning government building. This painting also shows the people who died.