6/11/2023 0 Comments Dr gertrude stacks![]() Furious that something "dares to be higher than Yertle the King", he decides to call for even more turtles in an attempt to rise above it. Then Yertle the turtle notices the moon rising above him as the night approaches. ![]() Mack makes a second request for a respite because the increased weight is now causing extreme pain and hunger to the turtles at the bottom of the pile. This time, Yertle declares that he is the king of the bees, the birds, the trees, the butterflies, and the air. Then Yertle decides to further expand his kingdom and commands more and more turtles to add to his throne. Mack asks Yertle for a respite, but Yertle just tells him to be quiet. A turtle named Mack, who has a checkerboard-style shell and is at the bottom of the pile, is bearing the brunt of the suffering. However, the stacked turtles are in pain. Dissatisfied with the stone that serves as his throne (it's too small for him to rule the landscape beyond the pond), Yertle commands the other turtles to stack themselves beneath him so that he can see farther and expand his kingdom, each time marveling at what he believes he now rules (like a cow, a mule, a house, a berry bush, and a cat). The eponymous story revolves around Yertle the Turtle, the king of the pond (located on the faraway island of Sala-ma-sond), where all the turtles swim happily. In 2001, it was listed at 125 on the Publishers Weekly list of the best-selling children's books of all time. Though the book included "burp", a word then considered to be relatively rude, it was a success upon publication, and has since sold more than a million copies. ![]() Though it contains three short stories, it is mostly known for its first story, "Yertle the Turtle", in which the eponymous Yertle, king of the pond, stands on his subjects in an attempt to reach higher than the Moon-until the bottom turtle burps and he falls into the mud, ending his rule. It was first released by Random House Books on April 12, 1958, and is written in Seuss's trademark style, using a type of meter called anapestic tetrameter. Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories is a picture book collection by Theodor Seuss Geisel, published under his more commonly known pseudonym of Dr. Image Credit: APĪ common thread among countries on the list was the claim that the death penalty is used to combat and decrease the threat of crime - despite lack of credible evidence suggesting capital punishment has this influence, according to Amnesty International.1958 picture book collection by Dr. Mary's University in Maryland and advocate for abolishing the death penalty. ![]() Gertrude Conway, a philosophy professor at Mount St. This move echoes a larger trend toward abolition - one of the bright spots in the Amnesty report - but the U.S. 9 in what Americans United for Life call "pro-abortion" states) last year became the 18th state to abolish the death sentence. The state of Maryland (which, for those keeping tabs, is No. In other words, the states boasting the most Right to Life advocates are also responsible for a good chunk of the country's death penalties. Two of this year’'s 14 judicial executions took place in Oklahoma, and another four in Texas ironically, these states rank second and sixth, respectively, as the nation's most pro-life states. We're first when it comes to our efforts to save an unborn child.īut we don't apply the same sense of justice to adults that in some cases is eagerly applied in other cases. is home to the largest anti-abortion event in the world. ![]() The use of the death penalty in the United States continues to be a contested, and perhaps altogether ironic (or in the minds of some, contradictory) issue, especially when considered with the country's active pro-life movement. The four other front-runners? A decidedly undemocratic crowd: Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran and China, which clocks in at the top slot.Ī lethal injection chamber in Texas. Though the road from crime to execution is often a long and shifting one, riddled with debate, trials and attempts to appeal, the United States nonetheless executes more death sentences than the vast majority of other nations.Ī recently released Amnesty International report puts this in perspective: We had the fifth most executions in the world last year - the only nation in the Americas, and the only Western country, featured in the report's graphic. Texas alone has plans for six more executions before the end of May. Last Thursday, he was put to death for the 2003 murder of Hyun Mi Cho, a 37-year-old woman delivering food to Doyle's parents' home outside of Dallas.ĭoyle is the 14th prisoner to face execution this year and the fourth Texan. After more than 10 years in prison, Anthony Doyle (pictured below), 29, became the latest American to face the death penalty. ![]()
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