Database

After some research, I found the Literature Resource Center database to be a quite informative system. I am going to be writing my paper on World War Z as long as I can find enough information to analyze. If not, I would love to analyze The End of the Whole Mess by Stephen King if it is possible.  The Literature Resource Center is one of the only systems I found to have information on World War Z and its criticism.

During my research in databases in my major, chemistry, I found three awesome systems. Reaxys, SciFinder, and Web of Science are the databases that fascinated me. Reaxys will show any reaction known with a given chemical and find articles on them. SciFinder and Web of Science are both well rounded systems that are very reliable.

Dr. Strangelove

In the film, Dr. Strangelove, a point is trying to be made that a nuclear war is foolish and childish. The movie portrays the child-like nature of the leaders of the US and USSR with satire. In one scene, USAF General Buck Turgidson is speaking with the president, Merkin Muffley, in the ‘War Room' about the attack about to happen from ‘Wing Attack Plan R’ initiated by USAF General Jack D. Ripper (<-- satire). The President speaks of calling Soviet Premier Dmitri Kisov to try and apologize and invite the soviet ambassador in the room. The General’s response is as follows:  “You can’t let them in here. Then they will see the Big Board!”  This shows the childish nature of nuclear warfare and the leaders pushing the issue very well. 

To be compared with another apocalyptic text, The End of the Whole Mess by Stephen King, corresponds in a similar way with Dr. Strangelove. The End of the Whole Mess has an apocalypse that involves a drug spread from a volcano. Although the cause of the apocalypse was different, the effect was the same, the destruction of humankind.