Trenches - Chapter 27

It was during class that Maz popped a picture up on her powerpoint and she said "Why are these trenches in zig-zags?" I replied so that if a plane were to drop a bomb onto a part of the trench, it wouldn't blow up as much people. A couple other classmates said that it was incase an enemy comes into the trenches and starts shooting, they wouldn't kill a whole lot of people because of the bends in the trenches. Maz told us all that these are all valid points. I like the idea of trenches if the troops didn't have to live in them for so long. With the troops living in the trenches came trench foot; a bacteria build up on the foot that deforms the features of feet. I think this is why in WWII troops dug out holes in the ground called foxholes and they moved from foxhole to foxhole with three to four troops in a foxhole. This way if a retreat is needed and they are getting fired upon, the troops can get up out of a foxhole, retreat four or five feet and get down in another foxhole for cover.

"The Russian Ruling House" (Stock Montage) - Chapter 27

To me, this picture shows Grigori Rasputin, a devilish monk, taking control of the Russian Monarch. With Nicholas II off at the war front, and Alexandra in Russia leading the people, Rasputin thought it was a good time to step in and "guide" Alexandra in her doings to the country of Russia. The hand around Alexandra shows that Rasputin is trying to take her and mold her into what he wants and what may not be in the countries best interest. It looks as if Alexandra is looking up at Rasputin because she doesn't know what to do, which may incorporate his hand around her. Nicholas II turns his head as if he sees nothing is going on, which in reality he doesn't because he is at the war front with his troops and he has no idea what is going on in Russia at the time.