To learn the importance of the past and how it affects the future.
The two main principles that form the base for Confucianism are Jen and Li. Jen means humane, or humanity. This is to include what makes man distinctively human. <span>Li is considered the principle of gain, such as why people will actively seek out personal relationships and what people gain from society as a whole. Hope this helps.</span>
March, 29 1973. If it asks you a reason why the US left Vietnam, it's because the US signed a peace treaty in Paris.
1. The man in the cartoon as <span>a baby, teenager, young adult, adult, and elderly man is Uncle Sam. The cartoon refers to the United States of America and its government and how it changed throughout the years. You can deduce who this is by looking at the clothes these people are wearing - red, white, and blue, the same colors as the American national flag.
2. The man represents America, as I said, and its expansionist ideology which started as soon as it got its independence from Britain. America fought for a long time for its freedom from its 'mother' and oppressor, and ever since it got what it wanted, it never stopped growing.
3. I believe the message of the cartoon is that America became corrupted over the years while it was looking to expand its territory. It started off as an innocent child, and ended up being a fat capitalist who only thinks about profit. The artist is showing this decline of values in America.
4. The result is that ironically, while America grew bigger and stronger, it also grew more unemotional and corrupt. You can see the final man's facial expression - he looks fat, content, and evil, having conquered everything that could be conquered and taken it for himself.
5. I would say the artist is definitely opposed to imperialism. Just by taking a look at the progression of these people, from an innocent baby, to a not-so innocent child, to a Napoleonic-looking USA, to the great Lincoln, and finally to a fat, cruel capitalist, you can see that the author believes imperialism and America's expansionist nature led it downwards in regards to values, not money.</span>
<span>Due to the opposition of the Irreconcilable, the Treaty of Versailles was never ratified by Congress, and the United States never became a member of the .... and all it takes is ONE major conflict of a NATO member state, in order to draw the USA into a total war that geographically it would have otherwise played no part in.</span>
