Timeline

i found a timeline of events of the troubles

http://www.historyonthenet.com/Chronology/timelinenorthernireland.htm


-Ann

Comparing...

Noted similarities between the Yooks/Zooks conflict and the Troubles

note: "In the Book" #1 corresponds to "In Ireland" #1, and so on.

In the Book...
1 The Wall divides Yooks from Zooks -the wall grows higher overtime
2 The hatred being handed down from generation of Yook or Zook to generation, parent to child. “Inherited Hatred”
3

In Ireland...
1 There is a ridiculous divide between Protestants and Catholics (divide gets stronger?- research)
2 In Northern Ireland, hate begins early
Three-year-olds already show signs of prejudice, a survey finds.
(http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0904/p07s01-woeu.html)
3

Making some progress...

Thesis: The war between the Yooks and the Zooks is similar to the war between the Protestant and Catholics of Northern Ireland

After having conducted significant research here is a simplification of the Conflict in Northern Ireland, "the Troubles".
Who? Irish Protestants of Scottish-English decent versus Irish Catholics of Irish ancestry
What? bloody riots and intensified conflict resulting in the death of over 3000 people
Where? seriously?
When? Disagreements between Protestants and Catholics in Ireland trace back to when the north was colonized by Scottish and English Protestants, setting Ulster (the northernly province of Ireland) apart from the rest of the predonminantly Catholic country. But in 1963, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Viscount Brookborough, stepped down after 20 years in office. Violence erupted again and though the situation has become much less violent, is has yet to be resolved.
Why? "The Protestants are predominantly Unionists, pledged to keeping the province of Northern Ireland part of the United Kingdom. The Catholics are predominantly Republicans, wanting unification between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Extremists on both sides resort to terrorism. "-(http://www.secularhumanism.org/library/fi/cherry_18_3.html)

This just in...

The conflict in Northern Ireland is called the Troubles.

good news.

BOOK: FOUND.

Two cities, two dozen Chapters and two libraries later, we have gotten our hands on a copy of the Butter Battle Book.

Thank goodness.

Now, having read the book, it is much easier to note all the ways in which in can be compared to the conflicts in Northern Ireland. The book of course was written as a mockery of the Cold War and the arms race involved.

Although weaponery did not play a significant role in Ireland, the idea of trying to be the more powerful party, certainly was.

Oh yeah, we have selected the Conflict in Northern Ireland as our comparision to the butter battle.

We can now focus in on a thesis. Our essay is finally in sight.

Websites

links for each topic have been found, this way we can read up on each one and decide wich topic fits best.


Caste:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/country_profiles/1154019.stm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste_system_in_India

Iron curtain:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Curtain

http://www.nationalcenter.org/ChurchillIronCurtain.html

http://www.winstonchurchill.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=429

Berlin Wall

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall

http://www.berlin-life.com/berlin/wall

http://www.essortment.com/all/berlinwallerec_rvfg.htm

North Irland

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/5097948.stm

http://www.cain.ulst.ac.uk/

http://www.flashpoints.info/countries-conflicts/Northern_Ireland-web/n-ireland_briefing.html



... Let the Reasearching Begin!

January 6th, 2009

Several new thoughts were added to the list of comparative topics.

-North/south Ireland
-Berlin Wall or Iron curtain
-Caste system, India.

As far as we know about the plot of "The Butter Battle", the Berlin Wall or the Iron curtain would serve as a fairly literal comparison where as that of the caste system would be much less direct.